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stulid · 4 Aug 2011 at 13:06

Evoss said:
Are the 28nm cards using PCI-E 3.0? I haven't really looked into them. If I get the Gigabyte, will I be able to use the 28nm cards?

Seen similar questions and answers here - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...srock-bashes-Asus-and-Gigabyte-over-PCI-e-3.0

Look at post#11

Evoss · 4 Aug 2011 at 13:14

No offense Asrock but I have a G1. Sniper 2 that has PCI-E 3.0 and its sitting right here. I was told available by end of month. I tried it out today

So the Gigabyte G1 Sniper 2 does have PCI-E 3.0 as it doesn't say on the OcUK page?

stulid · 4 Aug 2011 at 13:24

Well i have just googled my butt off, and cant find any other reference to this board support pci-e3.0

Theres a facebook thing about this board you can try asking the gigabyte rep who is present there.

Evoss · 4 Aug 2011 at 13:28

stulid said:
Well i have just googled my butt off, and cant find any other reference to this board support pci-e3.0

Theres a facebook thing about this board you can try asking the gigabyte rep who is present there.

Ok, if the board doesn't support PCI-E 3.0, does this mean I cannot use the 28nm cards?

What are the limitations?

stulid · 4 Aug 2011 at 13:30

You can use the new cards, they wouldn't limit there market to a few niche motherboards.

The current gen cards which are PCI-E 2.0-2.1 work fine in older boards.

Theres probably no limitations in the real world, even the difference between the bandwidth of a 16X slot and a 8X slot isnt enough to affect a modern card.

Hardocp have tested SLI/Crossfire at 16X/16X against 8X/8X, the difference at resolutions at 5000X1600 (eyefinity etc) is like 2-3%

Cleeecooo · 4 Aug 2011 at 13:31

Evoss said:
Ok, if the board doesn't support PCI-E 3.0, does this mean I cannot use the 28nm cards?

What are the limitations?

Well the cards will be backwards compatible. They just won't be going as fast as they usually could go. Think of it as SATA

Evoss · 4 Aug 2011 at 13:39

hmmm ok, thanks for the responses. Not sure what ill do atm, will have a think and a browse

Cleeecooo · 4 Aug 2011 at 13:51

The OCZ onyx is £240 for £240gb. That's what I got

stulid · 4 Aug 2011 at 13:52

Cleeecooo said:
The OCZ onyx is £240 for £240gb. That's what I got

£1 per GB, nice

Lunawolfy · 4 Aug 2011 at 15:28

stulid said:
£1 per GB, nice

VALUE!

Evoss · 4 Aug 2011 at 22:59

Think I will go ahead with what there is there and just look further more into HDDs unless anyone else has anymore comments?

stulid · 4 Aug 2011 at 23:14

Looks like you have a winner

If you wanted certain PCI-E3.0,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-054-AK&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

stulid · 5 Aug 2011 at 00:42

Lookie here - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...1-First-G1-Sniper-2-Preview-in-high-res-by-SH

See anything interesting in the pic

Now up at Gigabyte - http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3962#ov

Evoss · 5 Aug 2011 at 11:29

GOOD NEWS:

It supports PCI-E 3.0! Managed to speak to one of the Gigabyte Team on Facebook.

http://vr-zone.com/articles/gigabyte-s-g1.sniper2-features-pci-express-gen-3-support/13212.html

Support for PCI Express Gen.3:
Approx. double the potential data bandwidth
The GIGABYTE motherboard is one of the first to provide gamers with the latest Gen.3 PCI Express technology, delivering maximum data bandwidth for the latest discrete graphics cards.

Im very happy now