If you noticed that all the sudden your games aren't running as fast as they were or your 3dmark score has been cut in half or more it may be because your mainboard isn't running the PCI-E at x16, but instead x1. I searched these forums but found no real help or solution.
In any case it only happened to me when I had my FSB up to 400 (333 and 266 it'd work fine). I've read several possible fixes including raising the PCI-E Frequency, but none of them worked for me.
I think the problem is the southbridge isn't getting enough OR too much voltage to support x16 under the CPU and FSB overclock. So if you're still having this problem and want to keep your overclock try raising the NB voltage to around 1.45(no higher i've read) and the SB to 1.6.
This has continued to work for me since the first time I made the changes. If anyone else is having this problem please let me know if this worked for you as well.
In any case it only happened to me when I had my FSB up to 400 (333 and 266 it'd work fine). I've read several possible fixes including raising the PCI-E Frequency, but none of them worked for me.
I think the problem is the southbridge isn't getting enough OR too much voltage to support x16 under the CPU and FSB overclock. So if you're still having this problem and want to keep your overclock try raising the NB voltage to around 1.45(no higher i've read) and the SB to 1.6.
This has continued to work for me since the first time I made the changes. If anyone else is having this problem please let me know if this worked for you as well.
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