Does battlefield 4 utilize the extra bandwidth on pci-express 3?

Battlefield 4 General Discussion
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My Rig:
i7-930 @ 2.8 ghz stock
6 GB ram
gigabyte mobo pcie2
ati 5850 x2 CF

I’m running at medium about 50-60 frames, dips down to 40 ish when there’s a lot of action. I’m glad that there is little to no microstutter.

So the prices of the 7000 series are coming down (I saw 7850 for around $110).
So my question is does battlefield use all the extra bandwidth on pcie3
Will I be able to run at a clean 60 frames on medium at least with just an upgrade on my gpu?
Or will I need to upgrade my mobo?

My issue is that LGA 1366 socket is pretty much non-existent. So I would have to buy a new cpu along with a mobo for pcie3. Which is basically making a new rig at that point.

Thanks guys.

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Its the video card that utilizes it not the game. And no it does not help with current cards in market. It had been said to help at most 5%.

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Oh, I was reading some forums and it looked like they said that certain games can utilize the extra bandwidth given by the pci express 3 slots. Like most games can’t even use the bandwidth in pci express 2 let alone 3. So the mobo probably wouldn’t bottleneck my experience as much as my cpu then right?

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Exactly. I have the Gigabyte 970A-D3P and the AMD 6300 which runs 3.5 GHz and turbos to 4.1 GHz. Its not super top of the line but its fairly decent. I’d say save up and get something that will last for a while. Its more expensive but definitely worth it. With my setup I’m running ~45-50 fps on high and its beautiful.

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I’m so jelly. I’ve literally been drooling all over my desk looking at all these new top of the line graphics cards…ugh…might as well wait it out a bit.

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Yeahan that’s not even a good one. I wanna crossfire mine an make it a beast!