Mjag01 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 How can I tell if my PCI-E is using 3.0? I'm running Asus Sabertooth X79, 3930K, 32gb DDR-3 @ 2133 and Asus GTX 680 DC2-4gb. When I look at bus type it states: Bus Type PCI Express 2.0 x16 @ 1.1 x16. Should that state: PCI-E 3.0? I have the card in slot 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiery Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Certain video adapters use power management tricks that lower PCI-E speeds when the card is at idle. Try to run a 3D application, and look at the bus speeds while that is running. Alternatively, you can try using the GPU subtest of the AIDA64 System Stability Test (AIDA64 / main menu / Tools / System Stability Test). Regards, Fiery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjag01 Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 Thanks for the info. Understand now that nVidia is not supporting pci-e 3 and their patch only works on older driver version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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