Quote Originally Posted by JohnZS View Post
Merci

The results seem more logical in that review than some of the results I have seen.

FYI for those of you who have not seen the PCI-E Gen 2.0 bug feast your eyes on this.

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Operation @ Gen 1.1 x16 degrades 3dmark Vantage Score by 800 points, and Windows 7 rating by 0.1. (for both graphics scores). It also causes hitches/pausing in STALKER series games and stutter in GTA IV.

Normal operation @ Gen 2.0 on an identical system bar the motherboard (DX38BT as opposed to P5E3) does not have these issues.

Sushi Warrior
Would those be Gen 2.0 x4, etc? if so the performance degradation is not as bad as operation in PCI-E Gen 1.1 mode. I might be wrong, but PCI-E 2.0 x 8 is roughly the equivalent of PCI-E 1.1 x16
John
ok heres the deal, there is no such thing as a 'PCI-E Gen 2.0 bug' only the 'dont know how to enable Pci-e Gen 2.0'

and the lack of understanding as to how the standard works

this first raised its head on the early Abit boards, even though it was enabled in bios, it still would not 'switch'

switch being the apt word here, it can be tricky if you have already had a gen 1 card in there, as it will default to gen 1.

it is quite simple in the general description of how to do it, enable in bios Gen 2 mode, then shut down computer, and unplug it, leave 20seconds and then boot from cold.

this will allow the 'Switch' to take place

the tricky part is understanding in what order some settings need to take place in the bios before this cold boot. trial and error usually sort it. here is my ASUS board with no problems in Gen 2.0 mode.