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PCI-E flexible Gen 3.0 riser card VS. PCI-E flexible Gen 2.0 riser card

c1684901
Level 7
There are a lot of cable on the market

But many do not use

Will not even boot

Especially to PCIE3.0 environment

[Test System]

Test environment ︰ PCIE 3.0 environment

Test items︰
1.Test with PCI Express Gen2.0 X16 to X16 175mm。
2.Test with PCI Express Gen3.0 X16 to X16 200mm。
3.Test without PCIe riser cable card 。



CPU︰I5-3470 。

MB︰JW B75-ITX。

GPU︰ PowerColor R9-270X 。

SSD︰DATA SP900 128G。

D-RAM︰Kingston 2G X2 。

Case︰Li Heat Industries Limited. ITX 12 cubic liters 。

Power︰TFX-450W。

OS: Windows 8.1



1.Test with PCI Express Gen2.0 X16 to X16 175mm。





Score︰As you can see in these photos, I've started my computer, but it shows a black screen.

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2.Test with PCI Express Gen3.0 X16 to X16 200mm。





As you can see in the GPU-Z picture, it shows that it is running in PCI-E 3.0 X16 @ X16 3.0





Score︰P7394

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3.Test without PCIe riser cable card 。




Score︰P7369 and P7361

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[The results]

The second generation of PCI Express X16 Gen 2.0 175 mm
Score ︰Unable to start running

The second generation of PCI Express X16 Gen 3.0 200 mm
Score ︰P7394

If you do not use the lift cable
Score︰P7369 and P7361


(Why test with cable scores high than without cable?
Because it will not be the same scores at different times. It will between about 72XX~73XX. So actully. it dosen't mean that the scores with cable is higher .)
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Arne_Saknussemm
Level 40
Interesting....I like experimentation...thanks for putting that up! 🙂

MatsGlobetrotte
Level 10
That is a good one to know.. In case someone want to dunk the whole GPU in a bucket of Ice combined with some serious cooling 🙂 without getting the rest of the computer full of condensation water:cool:
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c1684901
Level 7