ASRock Giving PCI-Express 3.0 A Big Push

btarunr · Jul 14, 2011

Yukikaze said:
Do you have a source for that? In every single place I am finding information about this it states that is not the case. Additionally, the AsRock boards seem to mention a PCIe 2.0 to 3.0 bridging chip.

No, I don't have a public source for that. ASRock isn't using a bridge chip to do Gen 2.0 to Gen 3.0, no such chip exists. It's the other way round: a bridge chip that takes an x16 3.0 link from the processor to give out two x16 2.0 links.

inferKNOX · Jul 14, 2011

Wait a sec, so the Top 3 are ASUS, MSI then ASRock? I always thought Gigabyte held the no. 3 spot. :ohwell:

crazyeyesreaper · Jul 14, 2011

last i checked

Gigabyte and Asus were neck and neck in terms of volume and Asrock is now 3rd. could have changed they swap spots more often then nascar drivers

jpierce55 · Jul 17, 2011

Some very nice looking mobo's! As far as pci-3 being gimmicky, perhaps so, but it needs pushed at some point in time.

System Name	RBMK-1000
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming
Cooling	DeepCool Gammax L240 V2
Memory	2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X
Video Card(s)	Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock
Storage	Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB
Display(s)	BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch
Case	Corsair Carbide 100R
Audio Device(s)	ASUS SupremeFX S1220A
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W
Mouse	ASUS ROG Strix Impact
Keyboard	Gamdias Hermes E2
Software	Windows 11 Pro

System Name	inferKNIGHT
Processor	Intel Core i5-4590
Motherboard	MSI Z97i Gaming AC
Cooling	Corsair H100i
Memory	2 x 4GB DDR3-1866 Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer (R/G)
Video Card(s)	ASUS GTX 970 STRIX 3.5GB (+0.5GB? o.O)
Storage	1 x 256GB Cricial M550, 1 x 2TB Samsung 7200.12
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster T260
Case	Corsair Obsidian 250D
Power Supply	Corsair RM750
Software	Windows 8.1.1 pro x64

System Name	Old reliable
Processor	Intel 8700K @ 4.8 GHz
Motherboard	MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
Cooling	Custom Water
Memory	32 GB Crucial Ballistix 3666 MHz
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X
Storage	3x SSDs 2x HDDs
Display(s)	Dell U2412M + Samsung TA350
Case	Thermaltake Core P3 TG
Audio Device(s)	Samson Meteor Mic / Generic 2.1 / KRK KNS 6400 headset
Power Supply	Zalman EBT-1000
Mouse	Mionix NAOS 7000
Keyboard	Mionix

Processor	e8200 3.93mhz@1.264v
Motherboard	P5E3 Pro
Cooling	Scythe Infinity
Memory	4gb of G.Skill Ripjaw 6-7-7-18@1404 and 1.62v
Video Card(s)	HIS 5770 v2 940/1275mhz stock volts
Storage	1TB Hitachi
Display(s)	Acer 22" Widescreen LCD
Case	Blue Cooler Master Centurion
Audio Device(s)	Onboard audio :(, and Klipsch 5.1 Pro Media's
Power Supply	650 Watt BFG
Software	Vista 64 Ultimate

ASRock Giving PCI-Express 3.0 A Big Push

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