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PCI-E 1.0 PCI-E 2.0 Question

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    Blazer
    Registered Users Posts: 17,435 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    nuxxx wrote: »
    Heres my motherboard specs

    http://www.belinea-treiber.de/files/Belinea%20PCs/Mainboards/ASUS/IPN73-BA/Manual/english.pdf

    Will PCI 2.0 Cards work in this?

    Thanks

    Is there performance issues etc?

    Motherboard Name Asus IPN73-BA

    I presume you mean PCI-E 2? and for a video card?
    If so yes..PCI-E 2 cards are backwards compatible, however there has been one or minor cards that didn't work correctly and either needed a bios update or flash the video card to work correctly with PCI-E v1. (not for the faint hearted)

    If you do a google on your board and the video card you intend to get it should be fine...


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    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    Mathew Reilly wrote: »
    I presume you mean PCI-E 2? and for a video card?
    If so yes..PCI-E 2 cards are backwards compatible, however there has been one or minor cards that didn't work correctly and either needed a bios update or flash the video card to work correctly with PCI-E v1. (not for the faint hearted)

    If you do a google on your board and the video card you intend to get it should be fine...

    aye i meant PCI-Express


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    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    98% of the time you wont need a bios update, and the video cards performance would decrease on a PCIE, but its not by a noticable amount (it varies from 5-15%, depending on the card and game, so i believe), but is more noticeble on games such as Crysis.


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