RTX 3070 running on x4 PCIe

[oXiAdi]

Hello guys,

So yesterday i got my 3070 eagle oc, for my upgrade, my old system is asus z97i+i5 4460+gtx970. I quickly swapped my gtx970 with the new 3070, tested in games all works fine but after checking gpu-z it shows only using @4x pcie 3.0 and x4 pcie 1.1 in idle, went into bios and was showing nb pcie gen3 x4, same. took it out and checked the gtx970 and went straight to bios and comes up as gen3 x16, same in windows gpuz shows x16. Can it be an issue with the gpu or is it related to my old mb and cpu? My other parts might come this weekend, i5 10600+asus h470. Any suggestions?

 

[montymint]

I'd say wait for the new board first.

 

[Screenbeat]

Send it back!!!

Get a refund and get a proper card!!

 

[oXiAdi]

Send it back!!!

Get a refund and get a proper card!!

What do you mean by proper? Are you saying gigabyte is bad or 3070 in general?

 

[Screenbeat]

Im saying the 3070 is a piece of ****

 

[Bizarre]

Check gpuz whilst the card is in 3D mode, see if it bumps up to gen 3 x16 then. Ignore Screenbeat he's either drunk or just flat out hasn't got a clue what he's talking about

 

[McGraw]

Gpuz has a built in pci speed test mode

 

[oXiAdi]

My parts arrived over the weekend and all works fine now.

 

[VincentHanna]

Im saying the 3070 is a piece of ****

A card as powerful as the top spec 2080Ti from 2 years ago for nearly ¼ of the price isn't "****"

 

[Chrisc]

A card as powerful as the top spec 2080Ti from 2 years ago for nearly ¼ of the price isn't "****"

Dont rise to it, They're clearly trolling

 

[Albaba]

There's a small question mark next to the Bus Interface on GPU-Z, allows you to run a render test so the card is in it's highest power state and then the readings should be correct.

 

[oXiAdi]

There's a small question mark next to the Bus Interface on GPU-Z, allows you to run a render test so the card is in it's highest power state and then the readings should be correct.

I've done that but was still showing pcie x4 on previous motherboard. Probably something wrong with that old MB.