Ok, this is my first time on the x79 Dark. What I noticed was that I am stuck in PCI-E 2.0 at all times, even under load.
1. Does that have an affect on my performance? I feel it may, as I am used to running PCI-E 3.0x8 on these cards. Currently, all three, under load (90%+ most of the times) will not go to 3.0
I did go into the advanced tab, and realized that they were set to 2.0 on all lanes, so I changed that, and updated it to 3.0 on all, and it reports in the bios that it is currently at 3.0.... So, when I get into Windows, and look at GPU-Z, it is reporting 2 still, not 3.
Any ideas how to correct this, or is it reporting the wrong thing?
Like I said, I have been on z series boards, so this one is slightly new to me. I am currently working to overclock, and have only made it to 4.2ghz on the 3930k so far, and have yet to start pushing the chip.