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PCIE 2.0?

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SidewinderX

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Hey all,

I'm thinking about upgrading my video card in the near future (Thinking a 5850 if prices come down a bit...), but I noticed that all the new cards are PCIE 2.0 cards. I don't believe my motherboard (Gigabyte EP35-DS3L) is PCIE 2.0.

I know a new card will be physically compatible, but have video cards actually using the extra bandwidth that 2.0 gives them? In other words, would I be missing some of the performance benefits of a new card because I don't have PCI 2.0?

Thanks!
 
No, unless it is a dual GPU card.

You should be fine if you are running at 16x 1.0.

If you have it set to 8x though, it might be a bit of a performance decrease.

If I remember correctly, the performance difference for single-GPU cards is only about 5%, if that.
 
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