Is anyone experiencing the issue of being stuck at PCIe x8 with their RTX 5060 Ti graphics card on a Z490 motherboard with a 10th gen Intel CPU? I've tried a bunch of fixes, including reseating the CPU and checking the socket pins, but I can't seem to get it to show PCIe x16. Here's what I've done so far:
- Updated to the latest BIOS version.
- Set PEG0 to Gen3 in BIOS.
- Moved the NVMe SSD from M2_1 to M2_2.
- No SATA drives being used.
- Reseated the GPU, cleaned the contacts and the slot.
- GPU-Z still shows it as PCIe x8 3.0, which is disappointing because my FPS is lower than expected.
My build:
- CPU: i7-10700K
- GPU: Gigabyte RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Edge WiFi
- RAM: 32GB Corsair DDR4 (2133MHz default / 2400MHz XMP)
- Storage: Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe
1 Answer
The RTX 5060 Ti is actually a PCIe 5.0 x8 card, so that's why you're stuck at x8; it's a physical limitation of the card itself. You'll never hit x16 speeds with it, which is a bit of a bummer.
I had no idea they made the 5060 Ti a x8 card! I thought they only did that for the 5050 and lower models. Honestly, I’d suggest thinking about returning it if possible!