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).