What version of PCIE slot my motherboard BIOSTAR P4M900-M7 SE has?

Newbie-asker · Oct 15, 2015

Hello
What version of PCIE slot my motherboard BIOSTAR P4M900-M7 SE has?
Thank you! :hot:

Skern · Oct 15, 2015

It has 1 PCIe x 16 and 1 PCIe x1. It also has 1 PCI slot.

Rogue Leader · Oct 15, 2015

Your board:

http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=289#spec

Unfortunately there is no listing as to 1.0, 1.1, or 2.0, it may be 2.0 based on the age of the chipset, but VIA's website doesn't list it in the details. PCIe 2.0 came out after this chipset did, but that doesn't mean support couldn't be added. That said it really does not matter, even PCIe 3.0 cards will work in a 1.0 slot.

ss202sl · Oct 15, 2015

This says it's version 2.0

http://www.microcentertech.com/tech_center/DB/read_article.php?faqid=./FAQS/FAQ3000133C.htm

brarboy · Oct 15, 2015

It is 1.0 as written on this Manual;
http://www.manualslib.com/manual/409934/Biostar-P4m900-M7-Fe.html?page=13#manual

Rogue Leader · Oct 15, 2015

brarboy :

Makes sense, chipset came out in early 2006, PCIe 2.0 didn't exist until 2007

Newbie-asker · Oct 15, 2015

brarboy :

My motherboard is SE as written inside my case the link mentioned FE

Rogue Leader · Oct 15, 2015

Newbie-asker :

If you check the link I posted you can download the manual and it also lists it as PCIe 1.0a on page 12

Newbie-asker · Oct 15, 2015

Rogue Leader :

The link you posted didn't mentioned if its 2.0 or 1.0 and the guy above said its 1.0 and the link is user manual for FE not SE
I searched for SE manual and i found it in PDF format downloaded it and it were mentioning SE & TE without also mentioning if its 1.0 or 2.0

Newbie-asker · Oct 15, 2015

I'm completely confused :??:

Newbie-asker · Oct 15, 2015

ss202sl :

Is it FE or SE or TE
its says just M7 without mentioning if its SE or FE or TE

Rogue Leader · Oct 15, 2015

Newbie-asker :

Click the link I posted

http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=289#spec

This is for the SE motherboard, click on Download, and download the manual. Go to page 12, it lists right at the top PCIe 1.0a

Direct link to the manual:

http://www.biostar.com.tw/upload/Manual/P4M90-M7A_P4M89-M7B_070611_B.zip

Text direct from the manual:

PCI-EX16: PCI-Express x16 Slot
- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.
- Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s simultaneously per direction, for an aggregate of 8GB/s totally.
PCI-EX1_1: PCI-Express x1 Slot
- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.
- Data transfer bandwidth up to 250MB/s per direction; 500MB/s in total.
- PCI-Express supports a raw bit-rate of 2.5Gb/s on the data pins.
- 2X bandwidth over the traditional PCI architecture.

Newbie-asker · Oct 15, 2015

Rogue Leader :

Newbie-asker :

Click the link I posted

http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=289#spec

This is for the SE motherboard, click on Download, and download the manual. Go to page 12, it lists right at the top PCIe 1.0a

Direct link to the manual:

http://www.biostar.com.tw/upload/Manual/P4M90-M7A_P4M89-M7B_070611_B.zip

Text direct from the manual:

PCI-EX16: PCI-Express x16 Slot
- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.
- Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s simultaneously per direction, for an aggregate of 8GB/s totally.
PCI-EX1_1: PCI-Express x1 Slot
- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.
- Data transfer bandwidth up to 250MB/s per direction; 500MB/s in total.
- PCI-Express supports a raw bit-rate of 2.5Gb/s on the data pins.
- 2X bandwidth over the traditional PCI architecture.

Uh then i can't buy PCIE 3.0 GPU

Skern · Oct 15, 2015

Upgrade your motherboard then, they're dirt cheap now a days and are often neglected when experienced people are upgrading. Since your motherboard does not support 3.0, I'm guessing it is rather old along with other hardware components. Maybe even look into purchasing a completely new system.

brarboy · Oct 15, 2015

what gpu are you trying to buy? Every pci-e 2.0 or 3.0 is backward compatible on your 1.0 motherboard.
If you looking at high end gpu, u might have to change your whole system as ur performance will be halted by cpu and to some extent by your motherboard's pci-e slot.

Newbie-asker · Oct 15, 2015

brarboy :

ATI Radeon HD6450 or GeForce GT 740
that what i wanted to purchase
+
Intel core 2 Duo

But its all gone.....

Skern · Oct 15, 2015

Newbie-asker :

Both GPUs are backwards compatible, they should work on any PCIe version.

Newbie-asker · Oct 15, 2015

Skern :

Newbie-asker :

Both GPUs are backwards compatible, they should work on any PCIe version.

are you sure?

Skern · Oct 15, 2015

Yes, both cards you listed have backwards compatibility.

Newbie-asker · Oct 15, 2015

But my PCIE will botteneck it

Rogue Leader · Oct 15, 2015

Newbie-asker :

Rogue Leader :

Newbie-asker :

Click the link I posted

http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=289#spec

This is for the SE motherboard, click on Download, and download the manual. Go to page 12, it lists right at the top PCIe 1.0a

Direct link to the manual:

http://www.biostar.com.tw/upload/Manual/P4M90-M7A_P4M89-M7B_070611_B.zip

Text direct from the manual:

PCI-EX16: PCI-Express x16 Slot
- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.
- Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s simultaneously per direction, for an aggregate of 8GB/s totally.
PCI-EX1_1: PCI-Express x1 Slot
- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.
- Data transfer bandwidth up to 250MB/s per direction; 500MB/s in total.
- PCI-Express supports a raw bit-rate of 2.5Gb/s on the data pins.
- 2X bandwidth over the traditional PCI architecture.

Uh then i can't buy PCIE 3.0 GPU

Not true, As I mentioned in my original post the version of PCIe of your board does not matter, PCIe 3.0 will work in 2.0 or 1.0 slot no problem.

Rogue Leader · Oct 15, 2015

Newbie-asker :

Not really no, The speed difference is minimal. What will bottleneck it is your very old processor and board in general.

Newbie-asker · Oct 15, 2015

Rogue Leader :

I'm getting newer processor too

Newbie-asker · Oct 15, 2015

Then i'm good to go?

Rogue Leader · Oct 15, 2015

Newbie-asker :

Even if you got the fastest LGA 775 processor that will work on your board, it will still bottleneck any card as fast as an R9 270x or GTX 750/950. Just keep that in mind within your expectations.

EDIT: Just saw what you plan on buying. Sorry I missed that post. Those will work fine together and with your board.

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