PCI-E 2.0 and 16x

2007-12-05 14:07:58

#1

mtb0minime: minimember; +2,418|7132

Sorry for all these tech questions lately, but I just want to make sure everything will work perfectly before I order everything! (Plus I found out today that I had to cancel a RAM order because after going through many many pages of reviews, more than I went through the first time, I find out the RAM is 2.1V but my mobo only supports 1.8V )

I was originally going to go with an ATi Radeon x1950 Pro, but now I'm considering paying a little bit more for the HD 3850. Only problem is that its interface is PCI Express 2.0. I did some Googling and came across a wikipedia page that said 2.0 was backwards compatible. So does that mean that my future motherboard (which has a PCI-e 16x slot) will support this PCI-e 2.0 video card?

2007-12-05 14:08:47

#2

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7044|NYC / Hamburg

simply - yes

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2007-12-05 14:08:56

#3

InnerMonkey: Member; +62|7196

yes, it'll support it.

2007-12-05 14:10:09

#4

mtb0minime: minimember; +2,418|7132

Ok phew! I knew this sounded like a stupid question but I wanted to be absolutely sure.

But you say "simply - yes" like there's some sort of caveat to this... will it just run slower? little bit poorer performance? If so, would it even be worth it to pay the extra money for this nicer card when instead I should just go with the cheaper one?

2007-12-05 14:10:55

#5

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6930|The Twilight Zone

just to be 100% sure. yes, it will support it.

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2007-12-05 14:13:34

#6

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7044|NYC / Hamburg

nowadays cards by far can't even saturate a pci-e v.1 x16 port. So for this gen cards its no problem to run them in a v.1 port. For the next or later generations it might limit performance though

EDIT: ignore my terrible grammar above

Last edited by max (2007-12-05 14:15:03)

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