Vertical mount card and PCI-E 4.0 Extenders

[Hellfire]

Howdy all,

First off yes, I tried to search but a lot of results and you can't search for "PCI-E 4.0 Extenders" it comes back with no results so sorry if it's been asked a lot.

What are people recommending, are they finding the 3.0 extenders are working fine? what are people choosing for extenders that are not ridiculously priced.

Just got a 6900XT so may as well make use of the PCI-E 4.0 availability (yes I know the 4.0 isn't really needed but I do wanna make the most of it, why not)

 

[Falkentyne]

Howdy all,

First off yes, I tried to search but a lot of results and you can't search for "PCI-E 4.0 Extenders" it comes back with no results so sorry if it's been asked a lot.

What are people recommending, are they finding the 3.0 extenders are working fine? what are people choosing for extenders that are not ridiculously priced.

Just got a 6900XT so may as well make use of the PCI-E 4.0 availability (yes I know the 4.0 isn't really needed but I do wanna make the most of it, why not)

People are just using PCIE 3.0 extenders. Probably not really caring about the slight performance hit you get on a PCIE 4.0 board when running at PCIE 3.0 (it's there even if it's small).
There ARE PCIE 4.0 extenders out there already. Just be prepared to donate your firstborn and your left kidney for it (ok they're less expensive than a few packs of Fujipoly Highway Robbery 17 w/mk thermal pads). Of course if you can afford a 6900XT or 3090 + water cooling (the only reason you would usually use a vertical mount anyway, since in most normal cases, using aircooling with a vertical mount starves your car for air against the side of the case door!), you can afford a PCIE riser.

https://www.amazon.com/LINKUP-RX6900XT-High-Speed-Gen4%E2%94%83Universal-Compatible/dp/B08XN26DRZ

Lian Li has a riser cable but it seems to have compatibility or length issues.
There's this one too but I have no idea how the quality of it is.

https://www.amazon.com/EZDIY-FAB-Extreme-Extension-Card-Right-Connector/dp/B08S71PLXH/

 

[Hellfire]

People are just using PCIE 3.0 extenders. Probably not really caring about the slight performance hit you get on a PCIE 4.0 board when running at PCIE 3.0 (it's there even if it's small).
There ARE PCIE 4.0 extenders out there already. Just be prepared to donate your firstborn and your left kidney for it (ok they're less expensive than a few packs of Fujipoly Highway Robbery 17 w/mk thermal pads). Of course if you can afford a 6900XT or 3090 + water cooling (the only reason you would usually use a vertical mount anyway, since in most normal cases, using aircooling with a vertical mount starves your car for air against the side of the case door!), you can afford a PCIE riser.

https://www.amazon.com/LINKUP-RX6900XT-High-Speed-Gen4%E2%94%83Universal-Compatible/dp/B08XN26DRZ

Lian Li has a riser cable but it seems to have compatibility or length issues.
There's this one too but I have no idea how the quality of it is.

https://www.amazon.com/EZDIY-FAB-Extreme-Extension-Card-Right-Connector/dp/B08S71PLXH/

Thanks.

I just, about 30min ago, ordered the Link Up cable.

 

[Bomby569]

there's no card in the market that benefits from PCI 4.0, that why nobody cares.

 

[txdirtroad]

Howdy all,

First off yes, I tried to search but a lot of results and you can't search for "PCI-E 4.0 Extenders" it comes back with no results so sorry if it's been asked a lot.

What are people recommending, are they finding the 3.0 extenders are working fine? what are people choosing for extenders that are not ridiculously priced.

Just got a 6900XT so may as well make use of the PCI-E 4.0 availability (yes I know the 4.0 isn't really needed but I do wanna make the most of it, why not)

The only reason I'd consider looking for PCIe 4.0 is if you plan to bifurcate. I'm looking at doing that for some of the 25Gb sfp cards or TB4. Beyond that, it is just added cost.