Am I right that I can run a 9600GT on a PCI Express x 16 slot?

[rosenbergda]

Just wondering if i can run a 9600gt card on an older motherboard with only a pci express x 16 slot.

Thanks for the help....

 

[bryanW1995]

yes, you should be fine running a pci-e card on a pci-e x16 slot. iirc there are some very old pci-e mobos that might have a problem with a pci-e 2.0 card, but those are few and far between. what mobo are you using?

 

[rosenbergda]

I am using a

GIGABYTE GA-945P-S3 LGA 775 Intel 945P ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
old revision that can be seen on the website at....

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Pro...ew.aspx?ProductID=2475

Click on rev 1.0 that is my motherboard.

Thanks for the help guys. Really appreciate it....

 

[themisfit610]

only a pci express x 16 slot.

Thats what all PCI Express based motherboards have. All of them

The only difference is the very newest board support PCI Express 2.0 - but this standard is both backwards AND forwards compatible.

As bryanW1955 mentioned, there is a very small chance that very old / cheap PCIe boards will not work, but that's due to not following the PCIe specs.

~MiSfit

 

[vhx]

The issues were mostly with VIA chipsets, so I think Intel chipsets should be ok.

 

[rosenbergda]

Thanks guys for all the help.
Good luck.