Why PCIe 4.0 Doesn't matter for Gamers... Yet

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RTX 3090 overclocked meets PCIe Gen 2, Gen 3 vs Gen 4 x16.
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I wondered what the differences would be personally, though once breaking down the 32 bit color and transfers rates it made sense. PCie Gen 2 x16 is actually still more than enough for gamers, however there is the 5 GHz vs 8Ghz vs 16Ghz polling to discuss also.

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Timetable:
0:00 What is PCie vs PCI, differences explained.
1:00 Dashlane sponsorspot
1:43 PCIe data transfer rates and how it applies to Gaming Graphics cards
2:40 How much bandwidth does your GPU actually need?!
3:35 Test system for running these benchmarks.
4:05 Gaming benchmarks at 1080p and 4K.
4:55 Gen 3 x16 beats Gen 2 X16.... Why!?
5:35 The diminishing returns of polling.
6:11 Conclusion.

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