pci-e slot??

Yes that means the original version 1.0 however any pci express video card will work in that slot.
 
so 2.0/2.1 etc??

will anything be needed to make it work or are all pci-e gpus compatible with the slot?

sorry for the 21 q's just want to make sure i dont buy something i cant use
 
ah right thats great thanks.

EDIT: the reply above your last post was because my posts werent showing up yesterday sorry about that.
 
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Express 2.0 and 2.1 cards will work in PCI Express slots but the cards will only run at PCI Express speeds. They will not run at PCI Express 2.0 speeds.
 
Is your current motherboard is the following:

"Asus-P5W DH Deluxe"

What is your price limit? Video cards that were just recently released are quite ridiculous in price. You are best off buying a video card that was released about 4 to 6 months ago.
 
2048Megabytes said:
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Express 2.0 and 2.1 cards will work in PCI Express slots but the cards will only run at PCI Express speeds. They will not run at PCI Express 2.0 speeds.
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Again, incorrect, a common misconception. If he only has a 1.0 PCI e slot rather than a PCIe 1.0a or above it may not work according to the the tech white papers releaseed by PCI-SIG (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI-SIG) and further expressed here: http://support.asus.com/faq/asus-faq.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&no=DE05A01F-3A3B-A859-177B-6A668A2D6982

As PCI express 1.0 standard is not compatible with PCI express 2.0 specification, installing PCI express 2.0 cards onto PCIEX16_2 slot will result in system fail to detect expension cards installed on both PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2 slot.

Note: The above limitation does not apply when installing PCI express 2.0 cards onto PCIEX16_1 slot, as PCI express 2.0 is backward compatible with PCI express 1.1 standard.
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The point is, some motherboards will work but I have seen many that have PCIe 1.0 that don't. To the OP you have been warned. I would check out your exact specs and contact the manufacturer first.
 
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thats my current mobo yes, i am going to contact asus as i had a look on their site at the specs and it just says pci-e slot it doesnt include what variation it is ie, 2.0, 1.0a etc

so i am going to email them shortly

as for budget im not too sure yet iv had some advice in another thread but i wanted to make sure here that they would be compatible so i am goign to work out what i can put in it before i decide on a budget.
 
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