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Old 12-02-2007, 11:24 AM
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Question PCI Express 2.0 Compatible board?

I'm looking for a PCI Express 2.0 compatible board so that I can snag one of the new 8800 GTS G92 based graphic cards when they come out on the 11th.

Unfortunately, I have no idea what Motherboard that would be.

Can anyone recommend a board(s) that has PCI Express 2.0 slot(s) and can support a Intel Core 2 Dou E6850 CPU?
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Old 12-03-2007, 12:20 PM
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Default Re: PCI Express 2.0 Compatible board?

The motherboards which support PCI-Express V2.0 are the motherboards equipted with the latest intel chipset:

Intel X38 Express.
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Old 12-03-2007, 10:29 PM
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PCI Express 2.0 is backwards compatible with PCI Express 1.0 and any 2.0 card will work in any 1.0 motherboard.
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Default Re: PCI Express 2.0 Compatible board?

but do you get the full speed from the card? I doubt it
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Old 12-05-2007, 10:30 PM
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There are no current cards, including these PCI-E 2.0 cards that can even fully saturate the PCI-E 1.0 16X bus. This is for now a useless spec that will come into play in future cards but not current or even next gen cards.
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Old 12-08-2007, 07:05 PM
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Thumbs up Thanks for the help!

I’ll keep the PCI-E 2.0 card's backwards compatibility in mind. Maybe I’ll grab one of the new GTS cards and just run it off of a PCI-E 1.0 slot till I have more of a reason to upgrade my motherboard.

Thanks for the help everyone, you just saved me a massive headache from when I'd learn that I didn’t need a new expensive MOBO after all.
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