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Importance of PCI-E 3.0?
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None at all for the moment. In the future it will be slightly useful for SLI/CF rigs just because it'll give equal performance with less lanes. At some point graphics cards will start needing bandwidth above the 8x PCIe 2.0 realm, which is equal to 4x PCIe 3.0, but LGA1155 only supports 1 16x or 2 8x slots.
However for single GPUs? Never matter until you are talking systems so fast that you need a new mobo, CPU, RAM and all that to keep up with the GPU.
PCIe bandwidth has done a good job staying ahead of video card needs, which is rather nice.
However for single GPUs? Never matter until you are talking systems so fast that you need a new mobo, CPU, RAM and all that to keep up with the GPU.
PCIe bandwidth has done a good job staying ahead of video card needs, which is rather nice.
it's all just a matter of how long you hold on to stuff.
if you replace your mobo every two years or so then pcie 3.0 doesn't matter at all
if you replace your mobo like every 5 years, i'd get it because even though it doesn't mean jack now, it will before you get a new mobo
if you replace your mobo every two years or so then pcie 3.0 doesn't matter at all
if you replace your mobo like every 5 years, i'd get it because even though it doesn't mean jack now, it will before you get a new mobo
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I think the new Intel SB-E and IVy Bridge Chipsets will have native PCIe 3.0 and USB 3.0 Support.
There are other benefits to pci-e 3. Heres an article explaining it.
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2010/11/27/pci-express-3-0-explained/1
Its more efficient at its job uses less energy which is a plus. Theres no magic 8 ball to say if it will be useful in the coming months or years etc but its better to impletment standard for when you need it then not have one and be screwed. i.e. IPv6.
As for when we'll see 3.0 GPUs, the next amd 7000 series is rumored to have pci-e 3.0 and that would probably mean kepler does as well. Will it use the full bandwidth? no, does it need it? probably not. But its backwards compatible with version 2 so no reason not to get it and its not very expensive to have it as part of your mobo seeing as its basically the same as version 2.
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2010/11/27/pci-express-3-0-explained/1
Its more efficient at its job uses less energy which is a plus. Theres no magic 8 ball to say if it will be useful in the coming months or years etc but its better to impletment standard for when you need it then not have one and be screwed. i.e. IPv6.
As for when we'll see 3.0 GPUs, the next amd 7000 series is rumored to have pci-e 3.0 and that would probably mean kepler does as well. Will it use the full bandwidth? no, does it need it? probably not. But its backwards compatible with version 2 so no reason not to get it and its not very expensive to have it as part of your mobo seeing as its basically the same as version 2.
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