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January 2nd, 2019 11:00
Aurora R7 x16/x8 Question
This is a quote from Alienware Tech Support:
"It's not a problem with the video card nor the computer, the computer will use the boasts x16 pcie when it requires it, there is not a way of putting the computer on that. Even the stress test will not go up that high, it is normal, if an application or a game require it, it will go up"
After looking around the forums a bit, the statement above seems to be false. Previous posts state that the R7 cannot run x16, but only x8. Can anyone verify?
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JOcean
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January 2nd, 2019 16:00
Go to the following forum page and carefully read the post by Tesla1856. The information would appear to be true. It is a matter of semantics. And I quote "PCIe-x8 (v3.0) which is the same bandwidth as a PCIe-x16 (v2.0) slot".
https://www.dell.com/community/Alienware-Desktops/Aurora-R7-PCIe-x16-slot-actually-only-x8/td-p/6035116
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January 2nd, 2019 16:00
yes. It's running as only x8 3.0(speed not much different as x16 2.0)