GPU only showing x8

[cp0020]

ok, so i went into the ccc and was looking around and i noticed it said that the pci-e bus speed was at x8. so i did some research and they said to take the GPU out and put it back in. didnt fix it. i reinstalled the ccc drivers... didnt fix it. went into the bios and the bus speed was set to auto and the maximum i could set it to was 4096. not sure what is going on or if it would even make a difference getting it at x16. here is the mobo- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138283

and here is the GPU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102935


please help lol thanks

 

[-RockMan-]

ok, so i went into the ccc and was looking around and i noticed it said that the pci-e bus speed was at x8. so i did some research and they said to take the GPU out and put it back in. didnt fix it. i reinstalled the ccc drivers... didnt fix it. went into the bios and the bus speed was set to auto and the maximum i could set it to was 4096. not sure what is going on or if it would even make a difference getting it at x16.

Put your cpu speed back at this, change the FSB to 17x- 19x5 I believe that will settleyou between 3.7 and 3.8ghz.
You don't need 4.0Ghz of speed not unless you have a very big task or project to do say like in the middle of the night.
Also in games most of them will have a setting where you can adjust PCI-Express 16 to either 4.0or8.0x speed.
If you don't set that up the game will do itself and you should have any issues.

 

[cp0020]

i fixed it. after 5 restarts it fixed itslef lol and im running stock 3.4GHZ. where did you get 4.0GHZ from? lol

 

[-RockMan-]

ok, set it to was 4096.


please help lol thanks

Maybe you mistyped 4096, but thats what I picked up as 4.0ghz, it was hard to tell inyour first post if you were adjusting the cpu fsb or PCI express settings.
Thats why I went on a hunch and told you to bring that speed back down and see what happens.

If everything is working good for it, I wish you the best of luck.