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Title: PCI-E2.0
Post by: InsaneTrout on January 10, 2009, 10:24:29 PM
is it backwards compatible? like if you have a 2.0 card will it work in the first PCI-E slot? because I want to get and Nvidia 9600 or something but I can't find any that aren't 2.0.

any Ideas?


Title: Re: PCI-E2.0
Post by: GamezR2EZ on January 10, 2009, 10:36:04 PM
no it isnt backwards compatible
find a card that works is my suggestion
dont know what youre looking for here


Title: Re: PCI-E2.0
Post by: rattmansam on January 11, 2009, 02:11:52 AM
Gamez it is backwards compatible it will work it has the exact same slot type just a different bus but will work or it should.


Title: Re: PCI-E2.0
Post by: GamezR2EZ on January 11, 2009, 01:03:10 PM
Gamez it is backwards compatible it will work it has the exact same slot type just a different bus but will work or it should.

no it isnt
if it was they wouldnt have 2 different standards


Title: Re: PCI-E2.0
Post by: Snafupossum on January 11, 2009, 01:39:42 PM
yes it works, but you wont get the full potential out of the card because it will be bandwidth limited. pci-e 1.1 is half as fast as 2.0


Title: Re: PCI-E2.0
Post by: GamezR2EZ on January 11, 2009, 01:54:41 PM
yes it works, but you wont get the full potential out of the card because it will be bandwidth limited. pci-e 1.1 is half as fast as 2.0
but were speaking about video cards snafu, no reason to get a video card that you cant utilize so it wont work, in fact it will work worse than a regular pciexpress card

my bad, im used to dual card setups, in a single card setup it wont matter wether you have 2.0 or 1.1


Title: Re: PCI-E2.0
Post by: rattmansam on January 11, 2009, 03:49:00 PM
Well maybe google it gamez that im sorry for acting like an ass but yeah im trying to know what im saying now.


Title: Re: PCI-E2.0
Post by: GamezR2EZ on January 11, 2009, 04:00:07 PM
Well maybe google it gamez that im sorry for acting like an ass but yeah im trying to know what im saying now.

ummm huh? i dont get it
and what do you want me to google?


Title: Re: PCI-E2.0
Post by: Coburn on January 11, 2009, 04:09:05 PM
Well maybe google it gamez that im sorry for acting like an ass but yeah im trying to know what im saying now.
pwnd


Title: Re: PCI-E2.0
Post by: InsaneTrout on January 11, 2009, 04:16:46 PM
Ummm....so you're saying that if I buy a 2.0 card for a 1.1 slot it will work but I'll just get the maximum performance of the highest 1.1 card?


Title: Re: PCI-E2.0
Post by: rattmansam on January 11, 2009, 04:36:17 PM
No youll get the same performance as long as you have a single card its multi card arrays that would be affected.


Title: Re: PCI-E2.0
Post by: InsaneTrout on January 11, 2009, 05:03:18 PM
ooook so I'm good with this for my 1.1?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4111742&CatId=1558

aha wait that was a dumb question it says right on the page that it's backwards compatible ha ha oook thanks for your help everyone :3


Title: Re: PCI-E2.0
Post by: rattmansam on January 13, 2009, 05:18:37 PM
Your welcome.