pcie 2.0

[baaf]

when will the first PCIE 2.0 mobos hit the market? :?:

 

[slim142]

when the P33 P35 and X38 chipsets come out.

Hopefully beggining of Q3

 

[baaf]

when the P33 P35 and X38 chipsets come out.

Hopefully beggining of Q3

so there is no way that any mobo around june would have pcie 2.0!
damn, thought i would buy one for my new rig but it seems its not possible

 

[IcY18]

You don't need PCIe 2.0, it will not increase performance and all cards will be backwards compatible so there is no reason to base your build off of it.

 

[baaf]

You don't need PCIe 2.0, it will not increase performance and all cards will be backwards compatible so there is no reason to base your build off of it.

but im planing to buy a high end rig that will not be replaced in the upcoming 4 years so i thought that having a pcie 2.0 mobo will save me the trouble of buying a mobo and a video card when i upgrade it

 

[slim142]

If you really want a 4-year future-proof machine, wait until the new chipsets come out. With PCIe2.0 and DDR3 and 45nm support motherboard, you should be good for those 4 years.

 

[IcY18]

Well depending on how much you think your going to spend its twice as smart to save money now and spend a little later cause just like that you're already behind the curve and after 4 years your computer will be ancient.

 

[slim142]

Some people actually do this, they buy a $3000 PC so they wont have to worry about it for 3-4 years.

 

[IcY18]

Yeah but within 1-2 years time a rig for $1500 will beat his $3K rig. All i'm saying is that you could just spend $1500 now and in 1-2 years upgrade with another 500-1000 and you'd still be on top rather than blowing your whole wad on one time and then in a short time be behind the curve.

Saying a pc is going to last your 4 years is pretty bold. By that 4th year you could be crying for a new pc.

 

[slim142]

Yeah but within 1-2 years time a rig for $1500 will beat his $3K rig. All i'm saying is that you could just spend $1500 now and in 1-2 years upgrade with another 500-1000 and you'd still be on top rather than blowing your whole wad on one time and then in a short time be behind the curve.

Saying a pc is going to last your 4 years is pretty bold. By that 4th year you could be crying for a new pc.

Well yeah I agree with what you saying. Thats the best way you can go.

 

[CamaroShifter88]

hmm.. so in all honesty, if I were to build a new rig by about.. May for example, I really shouldn't work on getting a pci-e 2.0 mobo since the upgrade will be SO minute, and I'm sure it'll be quite a bit pricier when they first come out, vs when 2.0 will actually become more "effective". Is that what's the best way, just to hold off from getting one till they're more popular? I want about best a rig as possible, waiting for nVidia's 2nd chain of DX10 cards and ati/amd's cards, as well as the upcoming price drops, so I'm really looking at a COMPLETE new rig, and this 2.0 thing has been bugging me. Thanks

 

[IcY18]

The only area where PCIe 2.0 will be beneficial will be at 8x speed in SLi or Crossfire since most sli or crossfire mobo's do not operate at full x16 speed, but the benefit will not be that big anyway.

Otherwise any single graphics card will not be bottlenecked by a PCIe (1.1) x16. PCIe 2.0 is just basically some improvements but nothing revolutionary to the PCIe standard. It that will help future motherboard makers to make cheaper motherboards that perform the same with less PCIe lanes as compared to today's boards.

 

[CamaroShifter88]

gotcha. Thanks for the fast reply