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teep_
03/19/24 12:47:17 AM
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I have a new GPU, which supports PCIe Gen 4. My current motherboard only supports up to Gen 3, which means I should get an upgrade in order to use it to its fullest potential

But that means I'd have to reinstall, or at best reconfigure, Windows and that's annoying

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MarthGoomba
03/19/24 1:02:06 AM
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You don't need to rebuy Windows if you sell your soul to a microsoft account with a key tied to it

When my old mobo died I didn't have to do anything and just kept my install as it was.

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teep_
03/19/24 1:17:01 AM
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and reinstall all the programs I had on it, no?

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008Zulu
03/19/24 1:41:29 AM
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It depends on the video card, if you need a new motherboard.

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LeoRavus
03/19/24 6:56:23 AM
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My 3080 is PCIe 4 and the PC came with a gen 3 motherboard. Runs fine. Unless you really feel like spending and tinkering with this shit I wouldn't worry about it.

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themaster627
03/19/24 6:59:08 AM
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You'll only realistically get a couple percent more FPS utilizing gen4, the upgrade is really not necessary unless you also have a struggling CPU and want to upgrade that.

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TetsuoS2
03/19/24 6:59:36 AM
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https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-pci-express-performance-scaling-with-core-i9-13900k/28.html

The relevant info is 4.0x16 vs 3.0x16.

unless you have a 4060 and some other entry level amd gpus with 4.0x8 that massively gets crippled with 3.0x8, then it doesn't matter.

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teep_
03/19/24 11:06:52 AM
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themaster627 posted...
You'll only realistically get a couple percent more FPS utilizing gen4, the upgrade is really not necessary unless you also have a struggling CPU and want to upgrade that.

TetsuoS2 posted...
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-pci-express-performance-scaling-with-core-i9-13900k/28.html

The relevant info is 4.0x16 vs 3.0x16.

unless you have a 4060 and some other entry level amd gpus with 4.0x8 that massively gets crippled with 3.0x8, then it doesn't matter.
huh, okay. I thought that since it was double the MT/s that it would be a significant increase, even if it wouldn't translate to double the performance

LeoRavus posted...
Unless you really feel like spending and tinkering with this shit I wouldn't worry about it.
The tinkering is fun. The troubleshooting isn't >_> and neither is the software side of things imo

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