I have read that SATA 3 will use bandwidth from the PCI Express 16.0 lane and this will reduce the graphics to 8X.
Does this hold true for the X58 chipset on the R3E or only on the P55 motheboards? Will a SLI setup force one or both of the cards to now run at 8x
This is what I found on one of the forums. Is this true?
Also how can you tell what the lanes are running at? I have sli setup with a 2X card in the last slot. According to what I understand I should get 16x 8x 8x. But GPU Z show still shows 16X for both graphics cards
Does this hold true for the X58 chipset on the R3E or only on the P55 motheboards? Will a SLI setup force one or both of the cards to now run at 8x
This is what I found on one of the forums. Is this true?
PHP:
.I believe it's something to do with X58 chipsets having an extra PCI-e 16x lane, so there won't be any bandwidth issues. Apparently SATA III/USB 3.0 use some PCI-e lanes on P55 motherboards, and you need a specific controller or more lanes to overcome the P55 board from having to lower the bandwidth or disable its PCI-e lanes