PCI Express 2.0

[PhantomGrey]

Most of the 8800GT cards i find are at PCIe 2.0.

The motherboard I have picked out for my build is:

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/sku....hmx?SCriteria=BA23872

It says nothing about PCIe 2.0

Will my card be compatible?

 

[eddieTO]

Your PCIe 2.0 8800GT card is backward compatible with 1.0 🙂 So, yes

 

[mobobuff]

No, your motherboard does not support the doubled data rate of PCI-E 2.0, but do not worry, your card and motherboard are still quite compatible.

PCIe 2.0 is completely backward compatible with PCIe v1.x, so graphic cards and motherboards designed for v2.0 will be able to work with v1.0 and vice versa.[3] According to Anandtech:

The transition to PCIe 2.0 won't be anything like the move from AGP to PCIe. The cards and motherboards are backwards and forwards compatible. PCIe 1.0 and 1.1 compliant cards can be plugged into a PCIe 2.0 motherboard, and PCIe 2.0 cards can be plugged into older motherboards. This leaves us with zero impact on the consumer due to PCIe 2.0, in more ways than one.

 

[Aluvus]

Originally posted by: mobobuff
No, your motherboard does not support the doubled data rate of PCI-E 2.0, but do not worry, your card and motherboard are still quite compatible.

PCIe 2.0 is completely backward compatible with PCIe v1.x, so graphic cards and motherboards designed for v2.0 will be able to work with v1.0 and vice versa.[3] According to Anandtech:

The transition to PCIe 2.0 won't be anything like the move from AGP to PCIe. The cards and motherboards are backwards and forwards compatible. PCIe 1.0 and 1.1 compliant cards can be plugged into a PCIe 2.0 motherboard, and PCIe 2.0 cards can be plugged into older motherboards. This leaves us with zero impact on the consumer due to PCIe 2.0, in more ways than one.

It would be helpful if you noted that this came from Wikipedia, but in any event yes PCI-Express 1.0 and 2.0 are fully cross-compatible. It's not a problem.

 

[trOver]

youll be fine