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steve b
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Having only PCI-e myself this is something I've looked into. FWIR it depends on the card. IIRC there weren't many cards that took advantage of the full bandwidth of PCI-e x16 (2.0) at the time, and thus should have enough bandwidth on 1.0 x16 to not bottleneck. I think I looked at this early in the life of pci-e 2.0. (2007-8?)

More info:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express

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lp

thanks!

yeah, sorry....... got carried away with the "I's" in the subject, didn't I?

check this bad boy out!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814121429



and no, that's not what I'm looking for.......

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steve b
NR2k3TRACKS

With my old comp I had a 2.0 card with 0 issues. I think they are all backwards compatible. Granted I only looked at ATI cards, so cant say much for other brands.


Q: Is PCIe 2.0 backward compatible with PCIe 1.1 and 1.0?
A: Yes. The PCIe Base 2.0 specification supports both the 2.5GT/s and 5GT/s signaling technologies. A device designed to the PCIe Base 2.0 specification may support 2.5GT/s, 5GT/s or both. However, a device designed to operate specifically at 5GT/s must also support 2.5GT/s signaling. The PCIe Base specification covers chip-to-chip topologies on the system board. For I/O extensibility across PCIe connectors, the Card Electromechanical (CEM) and ExpressModule™ specifications will also need to be updated, but this work will not impact mechanical compatibility of the slots, cards or modules.

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http://nsrs.jawcentral.com/forum 3d Max and rFactor Tutorials

I don't know what you're in the market for, but I picked this up earlier this year. It was an upgrade from my 260 class card. I'm happy with it.

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"You need to believe in things that aren't true. How else can they become?"-- Death, Hogfather

"And now there remains only one final question. Have you been naughty or nice?"-- Death, Hogfather

thanks, bud.

but I don't play these games anymore anyway, and I just need a card for the machine. That sucker would run iR. At best, I run N2k3 occasionally to make LP files for someone, so I need something that will run 2k3.

that sucker would run 2k3 twice......... LOL

are you crushed, Traveller, that the shuttle is gone? I didn't realize it started so long ago. The St. Pete paper made the point that there is a whole generation that knows nothing else...... hard to fathom, for us old farts. I watched Shepard just go up like a firework and fall back....... LOL

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steve b
NR2k3TRACKS