Asus ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING - PCIe Operating Modes; PCIe Lane Allocation by CPU Generation

ASUS ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING
1-7
Chapter 1
PCIe operating mode
3
rd
Gen AMD Ryzen™ Processors
Slot Description
PCIe operating mode
Single VGA /
PCIe card
Dual VGA /
PCIe card
Triple VGA /
PCIe card
PCIex16_1 x16(PCIe4.0) x8(PCIe4.0) x8(PCIe4.0)
PCIex16_2 N/A x8(PCIe4.0) x8(PCIe4.0)
PCIex16_3 N/A N/A x4(PCIe4.0)
M.2_1(PCIeMode) x4(PCIe4.0) x4(PCIe4.0) x4(PCIe4.0)
M.2_1(SATAMode) Support Support Support
M.2_2(PCIeMode) x4(PCIe4.0) x4(PCIe4.0) x4(PCIe4.0)
M.2_2(SATAMode) Support Support Support
2
nd
Gen AMD Ryzen™ Processors
Slot Description
PCIe operating mode
Single VGA /
PCIe card
Dual VGA /
PCIe card
Triple VGA /
PCIe card
PCIex16_1 x16(PCIe3.0) x8(PCIe3.0) x8(PCIe3.0)
PCIex16_2 N/A x8(PCIe3.0) x8(PCIe3.0)
PCIex16_3 N/A N/A x4(PCIe4.0)
M.2_1(PCIeMode) x4(PCIe4.0) x4(PCIe4.0) x4(PCIe4.0)
M.2_1(SATAMode) Support Support Support
M.2_2(PCIeMode) x4(PCIe4.0) x4(PCIe4.0) x4(PCIe4.0)
M.2_2(SATAMode) Support Support Support
2
nd
and 1
st
Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics
Slot Description
PCIe operating mode
Single VGA /
PCIe card
Dual VGA /
PCIe card
Triple VGA /
PCIe card
PCIex16_1 x8(PCIe3.0) x8(PCIe3.0) N/A
PCIex16_2 N/A N/A N/A
PCIex16_3 N/A x4(PCIe4.0) N/A
M.2_1(PCIeMode) x4(PCIe4.0) x4(PCIe4.0) x4(PCIe4.0)
M.2_1(SATAMode) Support Support Support
M.2_2(PCIeMode) x4(PCIe4.0) x4(PCIe4.0) x4(PCIe4.0)
M.2_2(SATAMode) Support Support Support
• PCIex16_2sharesbandwidthwithPCIex16_3.
• WerecommendthatyouprovidesufcientpowerwhenrunningCrossFireX
TM
orSLI
®

mode.
• Ensuretoconnectthe8-pinand4-pinpowerplugswhenrunningCrossFireX
TM
orSLI
mode.
• Connectchassisfanstothemotherboardchassisfanconnectorswhenusingmultiple
graphicscardsforbetterthermalenvironment.