pci express 2.0???

[XeRo_Dark]

teh hell? is the slot any different than pcix-16? ordered a new evga 8800gt 512mb off of newegg and yeah... was reading over it and it said something about the interface being pci-x 2.0? is there any difference in the slot from pci-x16? or will it work in the normal pci-x16?

 

[pazhman]

It will work with PCI-E, 2.0 is more bandwidth or something I'm not sure.

 

[XeRo_Dark]

lol yah dude its already in shipping n such and im on the newegg site look at specs and im like wtf .... pci-x 2.0? ol;skadhfalkjghvalkdjvhalkdvjhadl;kvahvd;l /cry

 

[pazhman]

2 words: Spell Check

 

[kllrnohj]

pci-x is not PCI Express - please stop calling it that, kthxbi.

 

[Master_Pain]

pci-e 2.0 uses the same slot as pci-e x16, to take advantage of the extra bandwidth in the pci-e 2.0 cards, you would need a motherboard that supports pci-e 2.0, which you don't have.

 

[darkeen]

ol;skadhfalkjghvalkdjvhalkdvjhadl;kvahvd;

Might I ask what the hell this was supposed to be?

 

[MarcusFoX]

This would be him throwing a fit when he found out about pci-e 2.0 =========>ol;skadhfalkjghvalkdjvhalkdvjhadl;kvahvd;l /cry

Also pci-e 2.0 has twice the bandwidth of standard pci-2 I believe in the high fifty gig range, and yes you'll need a new pci-e 2.0 complient board to take advantage of this.

 

[Master_Pain]

;skadhfalkjghvalkdjvhalkdvjhadl;kvahvd;l /cry

Might I ask what the hell this was supposed to be?

Klingon, it's definitely Klingon.

 

[bigredcat]

PCIe 2.0 is the newer version of the PCIe which is currently 1.1 if I'm not mistaken.

PCIe 1.1 bandwith = 2.5 GB/s
PCIe 2.0 bandwith = 5.0 GB/s

PCIe 2.0 is double the maximum bandwith of current PCIe 1.1 technology.

I doubt many people have PCIe 2.0 slots on their mobos at the moment. Most manufacturers are still using 1.1 I thought.

 

[Kasher_Khan]

and I doubt having the extra bandwidth will makes a difference for a good while to come!