Back before PCI-Ex 2.0 was out, I heard it was to be backwards and forward compatible with 1.0. But I also heard there were some video cards where that wasn't true now. I have a Nforce 4 Ultra motherboard so it has a x16 slot. I just searched around and heard about two different versions of 1.0 (1.0a and 1.1)? And finally I read several times that a PCI-Ex 2.0 card will work, but it will "run at 1.0 speeds". I'm not sure what that means other than I know that the max bandwidth of 1.0 is something ridiculous like 8 Gbps which seems like is way higher than any card would currently require.
I'm thinking about getting a 4870 but I want to make sure it will work and to its full potential.
I'm thinking about getting a 4870 but I want to make sure it will work and to its full potential.