PCI-E 1.0 or PCI-E 2.0???

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
D

Dayvid9010

Honorable
Jun 8, 2013
5
0
10,510
Hello people I want to know if my mobo have a pci-e 1.0 or 2.0?

MOBO: Gigabyte G31M-ES2L

BTW do you recommend upgrading it??

Thanks!
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
InvalidError

InvalidError

Titan
Moderator
May 18, 2007
23,815
5,265
108,890
Doesn't really matter: as long as you have a x16 GPU slot, even PCIe 1.0 still has enough bandwidth to accommodate just about any GPU and any game.

The CPU you have on it is much more likely to be the key limiting factor unless you have a 3GHz Core2Quad or better on that.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
InvalidError

InvalidError

Titan
Moderator
May 18, 2007
23,815
5,265
108,890
Depends on how serious you are about gaming.

If you aren't too serious about gaming, you could go with either i3-3220, i5-3470 (or whatever else may be most cost-effective at your preferred parts store) or i5-4570.

If you are tempted to go Haswell (the 4xxx models), you may wish to wait a few months longer for lower-end chipsets to get released.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
ko888

ko888

Titan
Feb 18, 2009
16,708
41
84,990
The PCI Express Revision(s) are determined by the motherboard's chipsets.

On the GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L the PCI Express x16 socket is connected to the North Bridge's Intel G31 Express Chipset that uses PCI Express Revision 1.1.

The PCI Express x1 socket is connected to the South Bridge's Intel I/O Controller Hub 7 (ICH7) chipset that uses PCI Express Revision 1.0a.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom