PCI Express 3.0 ????

Walker34

Hi,
dabs have two categories of Graphics cards listed.....PCI Express 3.0 and
PCI Express 3.0 x16. Am I correct presume the x16 version is the one to get, .......yet another garden rake hidden in the long hardware grass! What is the first ones multiplier.......x8 or are they all x16.
Tia John

ShadowHearth

It's dabs being thick. Don't look In to cards that way.

Tell us your budget and your pc spec and we will advice you on the best route to happyness.

Walker34

Max is €350.....less if I can, I just upgraded motherboard/cpu/ram to i7 2700k,16gigs ram and Asrock extreme 6 z77, so I want to make optimum use of the upgrade benefits........like PCIe x16.

spix

If your running 1 graphics card all run in x16 nowadays.

For under 350 I'd probably get a 660 ti

Walker34

Is there some kind of promotion on 660ti`s at present....I thought I saw something about a special price on them for September.?

Tea_Bag

or a 7950...

technically, you can't make use of PCIe3 because you have a 2700 and you need a 3570K or 3770K. don't worry though, the performance hit is negligible.

Walker34

Tea_Bag wrote: »

or a 7950...

technically, you can't make use of PCIe3 because you have a 2700 and you need a 3570K or 3770K. don't worry though, the performance hit is negligible.

And that`s a typical example of the aforementioned garden rake.:-{

Tea_Bag

that's why you ask here before laying down any money

ShadowHearth

with 350eu budget i would personally go for 7950.