Question on 8800GT upgrade.

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andypnb

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Hey guys,

I currently have a X850 on a MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum with a PCIE 1.0a.
http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K8N_Neo4_Platinum

I was thinking of upgrading to a nice recent fast X2 or dual core opteron chip, keep the 2gb of ram and get a 8800GT. Sort of a cheaper update to today's hardware.

I did notice that the 8800GT is PCIE2, but I have found little if any info on what that means and what the capabilities may be.

Anything I should know about this Pcie 2 that I may miss out on? I dont need a bleeding edge rig, as I still play at 1280x1024, so even the X850 is sort of keeping up.
 
basically it is future proofing.. the 8800 GT will work fine with an exisitng PCI 16x 1.0 slot.
There are very few boards if any that actually have 2.0.

It supposedly gives you more bandwidth, but that is not currently what is bottle necking the any 16x card.

there is a review from anandtech somewhere up here in the video card forum that explains it very well.

So you are good to go!
 
Thanks guys. Now what about power draw? The 850 draws some 70 watts, out of my 400 Antec watt PS. How hungry is this 8800? I have a spare 500 watt Antec, but I was hoping to use that for something else.
 
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