X16 PCI-E Enabled ?

[Cesar67]

Just noticed this tonight but, Is my X16 PCI-E lane running at X4 ?

 

[cainer]

yeah its @ x4. i just checked mine, mines says x16

 

[Cesar67]

All i can see regarding these X1 X4 X8 and X16 settings is in the BIOS :

PEG and PCI

It was at PCI, Now at PEG and CPUZ still says X4 !

This might explain my BFBC2 rage

 

[Doughnut007]

Are you running 3 gpus???

This MB shares bandwith i belive
1 card will run ar 16
2 cards will both run at 8
3 cards will all run at x4

If you are running just one is it in the top slot?

 

[Cesar67]

Are you running 3 gpus???

This MB shares bandwith i belive
1 card will run ar 16
2 cards will both run at 8
3 cards will all run at x4

If you are running just one is it in the top slot?

It's in the top (PCI-E) slot aye. X16 printed next to it.

I only have the one graphics card and no other expansion cards at all.

I did read that about sharing the bandwidth but, X16 X8 X4 (PCI-E) or all at X1 (PCI). There is a setting to force all at X1 (PCI) or 'Auto' (Currently selected) which has the X4 lane running at X4, This would only be if i had a card in that slot though.

The manual says if PEG is selected as the initial display device it is set at X16

PCI = PCI slot
PEG = PCI-E X16 slot
PEG = PCI-E X8 slot
PEG = PCI-E X4 slot

It is set at PEG now although, It has always been at PCI rolleyes so, Has the device or the drivers determined the X4 speed when i installed ?

Maybe the board thinks there is another card present in one of the other slots ?

I'm going to remove the card or even clear CMOS. That's a whole pain in the !! though.

It's a Gigabyte P55-UD5 socket 1156 motherboard, If anyone has any ideas, Thanks.

 

[hibbet]

try cleanig the pcie slot on your motherboard of dust,etc,this happend to me a few days ago,after the first clean it went up to x8 then i cleaned it again and its back at x16

 

[Xelene]

try cleanig the pcie slot on your motherboard of dust,etc,this happend to me a few days ago,after the first clean it went up to x8 then i cleaned it again and its back at x16

If that doesn't work try burning some chicken bones

(Sorry it was a joke, sound advice - make sure it's seated properly and the contacts are clean)

 

[Cesar67]

Just uninstalled it, Booted, Powered down, Dusted the contacts, Inserted the card, Powered on, Reinstalled the drivers and ... It's still X4 !

Burning the whole computer is next on the list, Never mind chicken bones

Reading about the PCI-E lane switching, It seems my e-SATA and SATA ports share some of this bandwidth, Just trying to see if my SSD would cause any issues (3GB/s drive not 6GB/s).

Anyone any idea about that ? I'm lost between controllers, bridges and switches !

Might post in the general section, It might be an issue not directly involving the graphics card.

EDIT: I also installed the newest Intel chipset drivers. No joy !