8800GTS (G92) PCI Express 2.0 x16

[KNiGHTMaRe89]

Ok, so I ordered this card last night and than today I was looking at my order and just realized something...it says "PCI Express 2.0 x16".

I am running an Asus A8N-SLI Premium which has 2 PCI Express x16 ...it's not 2.0...

Let me guess...I won't be able to run it???

 

[nOcLuE98]

You will.

And you wont lose any performance for not having the 2.0 slot either.

 

[KNiGHTMaRe89]

You will.

And you wont lose any performance for not having the 2.0 slot either.

Ok, I was just wondering...so what's with the whole new naming convention???

Sorry, I have been out of the Hardware loop for a year now...I am still stuck in the mindset of the 939 days...lol

 

[nOcLuE98]

the new pci 2.0 has a much bigger bandwidth. It will hopefully be used in the 9000 series, but it is not being utilized in the 8800. Benchmarks show it getting something like an extra 1/2 fps on average

 

[KNiGHTMaRe89]

the new pci 2.0 has a much bigger bandwidth. It will hopefully be used in the 9000 series, but it is not being utilized in the 8800. Benchmarks show it getting something like an extra 1/2 fps on average

interesting. thanks for the explanation.

 

[gurusan]

yeah basically it has double the bandwidth and can supply twice the power to the card.

btw nice choice, I just ordered one as well and it should be here the day after tomorrow

I'm only on pci-e 1.1 as well


****actually I just noticed you're still running a single core! You're going to be majorly CPU limited....!!!!

 

[KNiGHTMaRe89]

yeah basically it has double the bandwidth and can supply twice the power to the card.

btw nice choice, I just ordered one as well and it should be here the day after tomorrow

I'm only on pci-e 1.1 as well


****actually I just noticed you're still running a single core! You're going to be majorly CPU limited....!!!!

Actually, check out my new rig LOL. Its an fx-60 (dual core)...I am O/Cing it as we speak...right now I am at 2.8ghz

 

[Wildside]

i would have to run my card on a differ mobo, but i dont want to switch mine to my old one because then i would need to get another activation code for Windows Vista , only then will i see a differ with 2.0 n 1.1.