B Blackmoore Daemon Poster Messages 592 Mar 28, 2009 #1 Is there a difference between PCI-E x16 and PCI-E 2.0?
hikaricloud Golden Master Messages 6,220 Location USA Mar 28, 2009 #2 Not really, they're backwards compatible with each other. 2.0 is the newer standard.
Yami Lady Techie Messages 8,196 Location UK Mar 28, 2009 #3 If you're buying a motherboard though, you're better off getting 2.0, as that would be more future-proof 2.0 provides higher bandwidth to 1.0.
If you're buying a motherboard though, you're better off getting 2.0, as that would be more future-proof 2.0 provides higher bandwidth to 1.0.
philbar71 Fully Optimized Messages 4,533 Location Suffolk, VA Mar 28, 2009 #4 x16 2.0 operates at 5000MHZ versus 2500MHZ for x16 so basically 2.0 provides double the bandwidth.
Trotter Grandfather of Techist, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Staff member Messages 33,562 Location The South Mar 28, 2009 #5 Current graphics cards cannot fully saturate the 1.0 bandwidth, so it is sort of pointless. The 2.0 standard is there for when the cards can actually do it. Think of it as "future-proofing".
Current graphics cards cannot fully saturate the 1.0 bandwidth, so it is sort of pointless. The 2.0 standard is there for when the cards can actually do it. Think of it as "future-proofing".