PCIe v2.0 Compatibility Question

[reparks]

I currently have the GeForce6100SM-M2 (V1.0A) motherboard. The site says it has a 16x PCIe v1.1 slot in it, but it runs in 8x mode.

Will it work with the PYN Verto GeForce 9600 GT 512MB video card? That is, is it backwards compatible in both the 2.0 to 1.1 and the 16x to 8x fashion?

 

[adlep]

Hi!
It will work just fine. The card will automatically adjust its transfer rate to 1.1 x8 rate of your board.

Edit: I have assembled a system for my friend that uses the same board and PNY 8800GS card. It works fine in x8 mode as indicated by CPU-Z. He does some gaming on this system and never complains.

 

[reparks]

Thank you very much for your reply. Was starting to think no one would reply to me because i registered on the website to ask this question... Although and I have been a long time fan of anandtech.com, and have recently been lurking the fourms with interest.

 

[ViRGE]

Welcome to the AT forums, reparks.

It's a fairly common question, so it's often not immediately answered right away due to attrition.

 

[reparks]

Thank you for the welcome ViRGE. I hope to become a part of the frequent user community and to learn from the experience.

Well as the Nihonjin would say.. Onegaishimasu.