@scubes the riser cable arrived and well do you understand when you look at something and think "wow that's good value" well initial impressions were not like that. For the cost is was more like "how much". But hey if it works..............
Got it fitted - very different in fitting to my last one, I hope that you have suitable offsets.
I had ran PCI Express Feature Test (from 3D Mark) and Port Royal Test benchmark, before and after. There was a slight improvement overall in fill rate and the benchmark result. They are just within an acceptable margin of error and the bottom line is that it seems to work fine. My GPU is seen as 4 Gen in a 16x slot.
Keep me updated mate don't want to go out and buy another one . Guy on the vs forum told me to check my pci express speed wete is that in my bios hero 690.
I looked at the one you noted but felt maybe the extra money was worth this Link up one, so far it works out. I got a 25cm type.
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