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First post, by lilkuz2005

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Hey guys, can anyone tell me if Dell has a 1gb gddr5 version of the Radeon R7 250? I recently got a 2gb gddr3 version and I was looking to see if the gddr5 version was any faster. Needs to be low profile.

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Reply 1 of 3, by lilkuz2005

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I also noticed the Dell Radeon R7 250 is using a PCIe 3.0 8x interface, but mine is stuck at PCIe 4x. Does anyone have one of these Dell R7 250's that they can load up GPU-Z and check their PCIe connection?

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Reply 2 of 3, by lilkuz2005

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For anyone that sees this post, I have figured out the issue with my pcie lanes only running in 8x mode. I purchased a new cpu cooler and while I replacing the cooler I figured I would take a look at the pins under the cpu. Everything was fine, after re-seating the cpu and mounting the new new cooler when I loaded back into windows xp gpu-z reported the card was using pcie x16. It seems that the cpu getting re-seated made better contact on the pins and now everything is working like it should. Something to check if you find yourself in this situation.

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Reply 3 of 3, by gerwin

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There is a power saving feature called "Link State Power Management". Or what I tend to call PCI-Express Lane idling. Meaning that what you see in that GPU-Z field changes according to workload.

I once had a combination of Motherboard and Geforce GT 710 that did not quite work well in this regard. After a reboot/reset it would stick to idle lane config.

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