I did notice while installing 3dmarks it said installing microsoft directx. I already had dx11 already though. Maybe it just updated/fixed/refreshed the directx files. Anyway, its working now and thanks for the help and a useful utility!
Decided to run 3DMarks11 Basic. When that was done and closed, I decided to run the pci-e test on gpu-z and it works now. How odd.
Edit: I installed it so maybe it updated DirectX?
It is odd. Games run fine and sisandra doesnt report problems apart from saying about the gfx card:
Tip T308 - Video adapter speed, lower than rated speed. Check power management settings.
Fix: Unless you specifically want the video adapter to run at lower than rated speed (e.g. to reduce...
As title. When I press Start Render Test for the PCI-Express test, the pattern window is just blank white! I notice the GPU Core Clock and GPU Shader Clock briefly spike for a few seconds as soon as I click the test button. The Bus Interface also changes while the graph spikes to PCI-E 2.0 x16...