am3+ pci 3.0

[acepro71]

is there a AM3+ SOCKET motherboard ?
that supports pci 3.0 express slot ?

 

[dawp]

no, not that I'm aware of.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

There is one available, the Asus Sabertooth 990FX/GEN3 R2.0:

http://www.asus.com/Motherboard/SABERTOOTH_990FXGEN3_R20/

Its kind of pointless however, as it uses a PLX chip to direct the 990FX's two PCIe 2.0 x16 slot to one PCIe 3.0 x16. So in effect its just using a PCIe 2.0 "x32" slot...

Anyway the performance increase from using PCIe 3.0 is -minimal-... we're talking 1-2% max...

AMD is apparently working on a successor to the 990-series, but with all the restructuring lately, I would not hold my breath. Its questionable if it will ever see the light of day. All AMD CPU's are likely to move to the FM2(+) platform...

 

[acepro71]

There is one available, the Asus Sabertooth 990FX/GEN3 R2.0:

http://www.asus.com/Motherboard/SABERTOOTH_990FXGEN3_R20/

Its kind of pointless however, as it uses a PLX chip to direct the 990FX's two PCIe 2.0 x16 slot to one PCIe 3.0 x16. So in effect its just using a PCIe 2.0 "x32" slot...

Anyway the performance increase from using PCIe 3.0 is -minimal-... we're talking 1-2% max...

AMD is apparently working on a successor to the 990-series, but with all the restructuring lately, I would not hold my breath. Its questionable if it will ever see the light of day. All AMD CPU's are likely to move to the FM2(+) platform...

sh!t i bought am3+ motherboard cause i thought they will continue making am3+ socket processors
anyways i was just worried cause i made this pc last month and i bought a 7870 gpu and its pci 3.0 and my motherboard is 2.0

 

[Insert_Nickname]

sh!t i bought am3+ motherboard cause i thought they will continue making am3+ socket processors
anyways i was just worried cause i made this pc last month and i bought a 7870 gpu and its pci 3.0 and my motherboard is 2.0

Don't worry. It will work fine, and PCIe 2.0 will not hold it back. See this thread:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2278490

 

[acepro71]

Don't worry. It will work fine, and PCIe 2.0 will not hold it back. See this thread:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2278490

thank u u made my tension disappear
anyways '
how many years do u think amd will continue with am3 + socket ?

and can u tell me is my pc bottlenecking ?
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=34645732#post34645732

 

[Insert_Nickname]

how many years do u think amd will continue with am3 + socket ?

That's where speculation ends, and fortune telling begins... In shot no one knows...

Your PC is not bottlenecking at 1600x900. But as ArmyVet88 wrote, turn of vsync. Vsync limits frame rate to your monitors refresh rate (60hz-60FPS).