06-01-201601:35 AM - last edited on 03-06-202401:58 AM by ROGBot
Hi all! Since I bought a Strix Soar a few weeks ago i've been noticing some significant drops in video card performance (such as low fps 20-30 down from 120-140 in bf4, frame stutters) and higher temps of the gpu. Not sure if this is related but that's when i started having problems. The gpu is in the normal pcie_x16/x8_1 slot and the sound card is in the pciex1_3 slot. Full specs: mobo - maximus viii hero w/ bios 1402 cpu - 6700k w/ h100i ram - 16gb corsair vengeance 4x4gb gpu - gigabyte 970 g1 gaming psu - rmx 650 sound card - asus strix soar ssd - samsung 850 evo 250gb windows 10 pro 64bit Can anyone help with some info on this? maybe the sound card is in a pcie slot that shares lanes with the gpu...? i'm not sure on this.
i checked on the Intel-page and found this: Max # of PCI Express Lanes 16 I suspect your setup alone with the graphics-card is already on it's limit regarding PCI-E bandwith. As soon as the Soar is also in there the CPU can't handle all the traffic and with that drops the performance hard.
Only a suspicion but if thats true I'm actually shocked that intel has such a bad setup regarding lanes on a higher Tier CPU.
I highly doubt its your Video card eating up anything. There are SOUND CARDS out there that LOVE to eat FPS. I dont know about the Soar.. I know the UISB 2 chip it uses other then that. Take out the GPU. Test just with Intel then stick the sound card it. If you lose 20+.. no matter how much you paid you will know IF its a cheep card. Unless you cant test with the INTEL.. test with a older GPU
incorrect information on PCIe lanes. the 6700K has 16 lanes, and the Z170 chipset has 20, for a total of 36. The 2 grey x16 length PCIE slots on your motherboard connects to the 16 CPU lanes, while the rest of the peripherals connect to the Z170's.