How I fixed capped fps on DX12 & Vulkan

Hey there,

The other day I crashed and when coming back I was hardlocked at 24 fps.
I change from my usual DX12 to 11, and I do 100 fps or so, back to DX12 and lock at 24 again. Now I fixed and I'm using DX12 at usual fps not locked.

Long story short, I used GPUZ to check how many lanes is my GPU using.

In Bus interface, CPUZ showed: PCIe x 16 3.0 @ x 2 3.0

It means it could be x16 but it runs at x2.

I took out the GPU, cleaned connectors, blew dust away, dropped some uniques to Kuduku for good fortune and after 4h of trial and error, I finally fixed.

So, my ignorant belief is that I was capped fps-wise because I was using 2 lanes instead of 16, when I put it back to 16 by cleaning connectors, no more cap.

Hope this save anyone else's soul. Cheers.