Does pci-express 2.0 graphic cards work on normal pci-express slot?
Pci-express 2.0
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I have a pci-e 2 card (xfx9500gt) on a non pci2 motherboard and it works fine.
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We just got to the point AGP isn't fast enough anymore, I wouldn't worry about this too much. I have a P35 board with PCI-e 1.1 on it and a 4870, and it's blazing fast with anything I throw at it. Usually this bandwidth isn't the bottleneck really, unless with cards StriderVM posted.
With the next generation of cards I'd keep it in mind though.
With the next generation of cards I'd keep it in mind though.
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lol, thats a load of crap Cid, AGP4x wasn't even saturated till the 8800 series.
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it is actually, the big improvements are coming with PCI-E 3.0
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I thought it was AGP8x that was finally saturated with the 8800 series?
While we're talking about graphics ports, I have a random question. I remember reading somewhere that one of the features AGP8x added over AGP4x was one for multiple AGP ports. Why, then, did we never see it, and why, then, did multiple card technology (SLi and Crossfire) not show up until PCI Express ports came around?
Edit: I don't remember if this is where I read it, but here's a source claiming it.
Bjorn3d.com -NVIDIA's new AGP 8X GPUs, Satisfying Your Daily Tech Cravings Since 1996
While we're talking about graphics ports, I have a random question. I remember reading somewhere that one of the features AGP8x added over AGP4x was one for multiple AGP ports. Why, then, did we never see it, and why, then, did multiple card technology (SLi and Crossfire) not show up until PCI Express ports came around?
Edit: I don't remember if this is where I read it, but here's a source claiming it.
Bjorn3d.com -NVIDIA's new AGP 8X GPUs, Satisfying Your Daily Tech Cravings Since 1996
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Yes
if you're using Pci-E2 GFX card with PCI-E1...you will lost performance more than 5%.....maybe 20 or 30%...is not that much i think
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no it is not true in the case of 128 bit cards. their performance will be same as striderVm said.
only very powerful cards will suffer on pci-e1.1 because they will not get the bandwidth they require for full performance.
only very powerful cards will suffer on pci-e1.1 because they will not get the bandwidth they require for full performance.
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AGP 3.5 was capable of multiple agp bus's one a single board, but not multiple ports per bus.
AGP in its entirety was killed with the throughput requirements of the G80.
its not the memory bus width that causes the difference, its the overall read-write throughput of the card. the high clocked shaders in the G80 more then doubled the throughput requirement of the card, which is why it is outright owns a 7900GTX
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last time, there were issues regarding PCI-E 2.0 cards on non PCI-E 2.0 boards, specially on via based chipsets but it seems to be not a problem now.
Im using a 9600GT (a pci-e 2.0 card) on an ol nForce4 based PCI-E 1.0a chipset.
Im using a 9600GT (a pci-e 2.0 card) on an ol nForce4 based PCI-E 1.0a chipset.
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theres a big performance change comin to PCI which will adversely affect older hardware, due to nvidia failing to get rights to the use of PCI Prefetching.
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Most of these problems came from the Via chipset used on Asrock's hybrid boards, I had one of those myself until Summer. Those had a PCI-e 4x slot, which required BIOS updates for the HD3870 to work, and even then not every GPU would work on it. I'd recommend against getting this board now for this reason.
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By the way, just noticed that you took your HD4870 a bit higher, Cid. Is it noticeably faster?
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