lga 2011-v does not auto run pcie 3.0?

[hunkeelin]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2415380

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confirm? if so how to make it run pcie 3.0

 

[VirtualLarry]

He's talking about 2011, not 2011-3. Sandy and Ivy Hex Cores, had sort of "experimental" PCI-E 3.0. In that, it hadn't been fully validated by Intel. You can verify this in ARK, they show only PCI-E 2.0 support. But most aftermarket mobos allow you to unofficially turn PCI-E 3.0 on. Plus, then, you need to make some registry edits with Nvidia drivers to allow it too with their video cards, as they default to PCI-E 2.0 on those platforms, because 3.0 isn't officially supported.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

He's talking about 2011, not 2011-3. Sandy and Ivy Hex Cores, had sort of "experimental" PCI-E 3.0. In that, it hadn't been fully validated by Intel. You can verify this in ARK, they show only PCI-E 2.0 support. But most aftermarket mobos allow you to unofficially turn PCI-E 3.0 on. Plus, then, you need to make some registry edits with Nvidia drivers to allow it too with their video cards, as they default to PCI-E 2.0 on those platforms, because 3.0 isn't officially supported.

Sometimes I'm overwhelmed for what you guys have accumulated between the ears. I didn't know that.

As I understand it, PCI-E 3.0 doesn't offer much of anything extra with a single gfx card. It begins to show with two, and would really shift gears with three.

Interesting, because just as with my 2700K fiasco scattered across last month's forum landscape, my thoughts return every so often for seeking a used, RMA'd, IT-asset surplus, or marked-down new ASUS GTX 780. The one with the two fans and spikey splashes of red on a pewter fan-duct or heatsink housing. "Direct CU II" something or other.

But I could also wait and move up to a Strix 970. I could think about SLI, but . . . don't anyone hold their breath waitin' . . . .