Question: 8800GT PCI Express 2.0???

[Ramodkk]

Whats the difference between PCI express x16 and 2.0??? do i need a 2.0 slot? or can i put for example a 8800GT on my x16 slot???

Thanks any helped greatly appreciated...

 

[paratwa]

Pci-e 2.0 is just a new version of the standard for Pci. Yes the 8800gt will run in it. The old version was 1.1.

 

[Ramodkk]

Oh, that was fast! thanks for the info

 

[hermeslyre]

2.0 doubles the total bandwidth of the old standard, in theory increasing performance. Most cards don't need that kind of bandwidth yet though, so it won't be fully effective till stronger GPU's able to take advantage of the extra bandwidth are released. It's a format for the future.