7850 is only running at 2.5Gb/s in a 5.0Gb/s slot

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  1. PelPix

    PelPix Member

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    This is very odd. Check this out:

    Maximum Link Speed: 5.0 Gb/s
    Current Link Speed: 2.5 Gb/s

    The card is a 3.0 card in a 2.0 slot, and yet it's running at 1.0 speed. Why?
     
    PelPix, May 25, 2013
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  2. eclap

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    can you post some screenshots? How are you monitoring your link speed? also post back with some benchmark results. And make sure your spec is up to date!
     
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    It's a power saving feature.
     
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  4. PelPix

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    Nevermind, it's a feature. My motherboard drops the link speed and link type when the GPU is in 2D clock mode.

    I haven't built a computer in years, so I wasn't aware that they did this now.
     
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    ah, ok, he didn't say it was at idle.
     
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