Graphics card... PCI-E 2.0

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Graphics card... PCI-E 2.0

Postby Mazza » Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:14 am

My 4850 that i will be buying is PCI-E 2.0... my MB that i will be buying is PCI-E, will they work together, and will this affect the output of the graphics card?

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Re: Graphics card... PCI-E 2.0

Postby Flying Mouse » Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:08 am

The MB you intend buying, is it PCI 2.0 Compatible?
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Re: Graphics card... PCI-E 2.0

Postby Mazza » Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:04 am

The MB you intend buying, is it PCI 2.0 Compatible?


No, it is a Asus P5 KPL-CM, my mate has one and a PCI-E 2.0 Card and it works, now how much power does it cut out of the card?
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Re: Graphics card... PCI-E 2.0

Postby MOUSY » Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:16 pm

The card is backward compatible but to unleash its full potential it needs a 2.0 port with the proper drivers to enable to use that bandwidth...as far as I know.
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Re: Graphics card... PCI-E 2.0

Postby Triple_7 » Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:46 pm

I bought an Nvidia 1GB 8800GT PCI-E 2.0 card awhile ago.  My old motherboard was just standard PCI-E.  This new motherboard supports 2.0.  Really didn't notice any difference in performance with the new support.  I don't know if other cards would change that but I don't think there will be a truly noticeable difference. :-/
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Re: Graphics card... PCI-E 2.0

Postby Mazza » Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:50 pm

Thanks guys... I think the bandwith lack will be made up with MY DOMINATOR RAM MUHAHAHAHAHa 8-)
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