Conflicting reports on PCIE 2.0 and P35

[kevinali]

I have searched through various fourms and websites and cannot come up with a definitive conclusion....

Does the P35 support PCIE 2.0 or not...

I just purchased the GA-P35-DQ6 and would like the peace of mind that the board will be future proof for the next gen video card

Regards

Kevin

 

[SerpentRoyal]

No GPU is going to overload current PCI-E x16 for another 2-3 years. By that time, your system will be too slow to run the most current games.

 

[Drexl]

Yeah, when it becomes an issue it will be time for a new board anyway. No, P35 does not support PCIe 2.0. However, I believe that 2.0 cards will work in a 1.1 slot (just not with the theoretical higher bandwidth of course).

 

[CountChoculaBot]

They're still making AGP cards that do pretty well (I think they're even moving the HD2600 and 8600 series to AGP, too), so I don't see regular PCIe being completely useless for a *very* long time.

 

[postmortemIA]

Originally posted by: kevinali
I have searched through various fourms and websites and cannot come up with a definitive conclusion....

Does the P35 support PCIE 2.0 or not...

I just purchased the GA-P35-DQ6 and would like the peace of mind that the board will be future proof for the next gen video card

Regards

Kevin

Answer is: PCIe 2.0 supports PCIe 1.1 that P35 has, as Drexl said.

 

[hans007]

pci-e 2.0 cards will work in pci-e 1.1 slots. the x38 i think has actual pci-e 2.0 slots

 

[aka1nas]

The chipset may be capable of PCI-E 2.0 operation, but no current boards implemented it so it's a moot point.