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pci-express 2.0? - » pōпб§±ë® ¬ im looking on buying a 8800gt-oc (http://inno3d.com/products/graphic_card/gf8/8800gt_oc.htm) and Asus M2N SLi motherboard (http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=301&model=1160&modelmenu=1) problem is: i saw at the inno3d website that the 8800gt-oc's interface is a PCI-e 2.0, but it also says on the product requirement that it will work with a "PCI-Express compliant motherboard with full size expansion slot" and i'm not sure what version of PCI-e is on that Asus M2N SLi mobo. Is it still safe to buy those two? (8800gt-oc & asus m2n sLi) would it slow down the 8800gt-oc's performance if i didn't use PCI-e 2.0 with it. i really got confused and if someone could just explain this PCI-e 2.0 thanks in advance!

Best Answer: PCI-E 2.0 has double the band width (32x) of PCI-E (16X). There won't be any performence loss using a PCI-E 1.0 motherboard because no video cards use the full bandwidth of PCI-E 1.0 let alone 2.0. - (A)+(E)

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