Is there a diiference beetween PCIe x16 and PCIe x16 2.0


  1. Posts : 477
    Windows 7 Pro 64bit SP1
       #1

    Is there a diiference beetween PCIe x16 and PCIe x16 2.0


    Are there both PCIe x16 and PCIe x16 2.0 cards/slots out there ? If so will a PCIe x16 2.0 work ok in an regular PCIe x16 ?

    Thanks
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  2. Posts : 8,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64, Arch Linux
       #2

    Most newer cards are PCIe x16 2.0 & 2.1
    PCIe x16 2.0 is backwards compatible with PCIe x16

    Graphic cards and motherboards designed for v2.0 will be able to work with v1.1 and v1.0
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  3. Posts : 4,466
    Windows 10 Education 64 bit
       #3

    Yes, I have an Asus M2N68-AM SE2, it only has a PCIe 1 x16 slot and my 220GT is PCIe 2 x16. It works fine but I am likely not getting its maximum performance.
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  4. Posts : 306
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #4

    2.0 effectively doubles the bandwidth compared to 1.0/1.1. Depending on the complexity of textures/rendering the bandwidth will be beneficial. And as the others stated 2.0 cards are backwards compatible.
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  5. Posts : 409
    Win 10 Home Premium 64 Bit
       #5

    in real terms your looking at about 2fps so i wouldnt worry about it , more powerfull cards are able to take advantage of the extra bandwidth , yours isnt really
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  6. Posts : 12
    Win7 Ultimate 64bit
       #6

    It's somewhat like this: 16x pcie 2.0 = around 8x pcie 1.0.

    On a 5870 a 16x pcie 1.0 slot will bottleneck the gpu for around 1~2%, while bottlenecking a 5970 for around 8% or more..
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