GPU-Z shows HD 7970 @ x8 1.1 only ?

[bmwmaster]

Hi,

my problem is that GPU-Z shows only PCI-E 3.0 x16 @ x8 1.1 lanes (with HD 7970).

It is an Gigabyte Ga-x58a-UD7 board and should run @ x16 2.0.
There aren't any other cards installed near the pci-e slot.
Its a single Card no CF.

I had this issue already with my old 6970 cards.
But they ran in CF so i thought this were the reason for only x8.

When i removed one of them, i wondered that the other card still runed with only x8 lanes.
Switched to 7970 and still only 8 lanes..........................?

I think something must be wrong......................but dont't know what it could be.

Has anyone an idea ?

[puma99dk|]

check information through Catalyst Control Center? if not try that, could be GPU-Z that not detecting properly, or take out ur card clean ur pci-e slot and try to "totally" remove all the graphic drivers and install the newest one u can get.

[eidairaman1]

you ever think to remove and update your motherboard chipset and video card drivers?

[radrok]

You should be able to select PCIe lanes allocation within your motherboard's BIOS, under chipset.
Ever tried restoring BIOS to default?

[mad1394]

PCI-E 3.0 x8 = PCI-E 2.0 x16

[W1zzard]

have you tried putting some load on the card? it goes to a lower pcie to save power in idle

[INSTG8R]

Originally Posted by W1zzard

have you tried putting some load on the card? it goes to a lower pcie to save power in idle

Yep Wizzard is on to it. You can change this under Power Management. Turn off PCI Express Link State Power Management if you are bothered by it.

[bmwmaster]

Originally Posted by W1zzard

have you tried putting some load on the card? it goes to a lower pcie to save power in idle

yes, i did that already.

Next steps i try.....

Load Bios defaults..................because i didn't after the last bios update.
I thought this isn't nessesary.

Try new chipset drivers.....

[W1zzard]

Originally Posted by bmwmaster

yes, i did that already.

and what was the state then?

[bmwmaster]

The state switches between x8 1.1 and x8 2.0.

[W1zzard]

and you have just a single hd 7970 installed ? no other graphics cards?

[bmwmaster]

yes, only one card.

There is another auzentech soundcard three slots above the gfx.

Now i loaded bios defaults and cleaned the slots with air...............

Chipset drivers should be new..............

I think now i try to uninstall all ati drivers clean.................

[radrok]

Is the GPU installed on the first blue PCIe slot?



If this is the motherboard in question, the first and the third blue slots are 16x electrical, the others are 8x electrical

[bmwmaster]

yes its in the first blue slot (next to cpu).

I now made an clean install of the Catalyst 7900 Series driver.
It still runs with only x8 lanes.


I think i have to downgrade the bios......now latest beta bios (FD11) is running.

[erocker]

Try removing the sound card and test again.

[W1zzard]

for the record, gpuz has not once been wrong with providing PCIe info.

mobo vendors and card manufacturers have reported "bugs" with it, it ended up being their own fault

[bmwmaster]

For me it now also seems to be a bug.

I have flashed bios now to newest version and nothing changed.

[eidairaman1]

Your specific board has bandwidth sharing between PCI E slots

PCIE 16x 1 slot Halves its bandwidth when PCIE 8x 1 slot is occupied and PCIE 16x 2 slot Halves its bandwidth when PCIE 8x 2 slot is occupied. So that means to prevent your 16x slots from losing half their bandwidth your 8x slots have to remain empty, no matter what card you have in the 8x slot.

[bmwmaster]

Originally Posted by eidairaman1

Your specific board has bandwidth sharing between PCI E slots

PCIE 16x 1 slot Halves its bandwidth when PCIE 8x 1 slot is occupied and PCIE 16x 2 slot Halves its bandwidth when PCIE 8x 2 slot is occupied. So that means to prevent your 16x slots from losing half their bandwidth your 8x slots have to remain empty, no matter what card you have in the 8x slot.

I have even tested without any other card installed.

Nope still x8

[tomk]

I used to have four 5850s and they worked alright, but they only had 4 gigs of gddr5 as a whole, so I upgraded a bit and bought three 7970s, What is does is have it 2.0 x8 1.1 x8 and 1.1 x8 sometimes detects 896 MB of total dedicated gddr5 accross the 3 cards and sometimes detects like 3072 of dedicated, this is a little annoying, i have a rampage three extreme i7 950 4.4 ghz 18 gigs of 2200 mhz ram and 2 ssds, I hope somone has a solution l:

[Live OR Die]

A friend has this board and also has a 7970 ill ask him to have a look and ill report back, but yer it should be running @ x16 .

[tomk]

I used to have four 5850s and they worked alright, but they only had 4 gigs of gddr5 as a whole, so I upgraded a bit and bought three 7970s,

What it does is have them running at PCI E 2.0 x8, 1.1 x8, and 1.1 x8 sometimes detects 896 MB of total dedicated gddr5 across the 3 cards, sometimes detects 3072 of dedicated, and 2048 of dedicated this is a little annoying, i have a rampage iii extreme as my mobo.

When i had them in there, at first it would refuse to play any game and bsod with the ati thingy as the reason, now it plays with one card...


I also am trying to do my eyefinity of 3240x1920... when my 5850s would do it fine on med high w/o aa


Id hate to have to return these.
...

[user21]

hav you still tried without the soundcard plugged in?

[tomk]

what sound card?

[tomk]

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