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ASRock Giving PCI-Express 3.0 A Big Push

Do you have a source for that? In every single place I am finding information about this it states that is not the case. Additionally, the AsRock boards seem to mention a PCIe 2.0 to 3.0 bridging chip.

No, I don't have a public source for that. ASRock isn't using a bridge chip to do Gen 2.0 to Gen 3.0, no such chip exists. It's the other way round: a bridge chip that takes an x16 3.0 link from the processor to give out two x16 2.0 links.
 
Wait a sec, so the Top 3 are ASUS, MSI then ASRock? I always thought Gigabyte held the no. 3 spot. :ohwell:
 
last i checked

Gigabyte and Asus were neck and neck in terms of volume and Asrock is now 3rd. could have changed they swap spots more often then nascar drivers
 
Some very nice looking mobo's! As far as pci-3 being gimmicky, perhaps so, but it needs pushed at some point in time.
 
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