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Jurassic1024 · May 7, 2012, 12:53 PM

Some seriously questionable comments made here.
AMD performs better at the new spec than nVIDIA.
PCIe 3.0 is marketing.
Make boards with x8 instead of x16 to save money on motherboards and because PCIe 3.0 isn't saturated.

Smh

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May 7, 2012, 12:53 PM	#21
Jurassic1024 Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 162 (0.37/day) Thanks: 4 Thanked 21 Times in 15 Posts System Specs	Some seriously questionable comments made here. AMD performs better at the new spec than nVIDIA. PCIe 3.0 is marketing. Make boards with x8 instead of x16 to save money on motherboards and because PCIe 3.0 isn't saturated. Smh