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Anonymous   04-12-2008 at 12:33:26 PM

Hello all!

I have some concerns that I hope you can help me with. I have recently purchased the following items (not received yet):

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 / 2.5 GHz
ABIT IP35 Pro
Asus GF 9800 GTX PCI-E 2.0 512MB DDR3

I have recently discovered that the IP35 Pro does not support the PCI-E v2.0. It is also my understanding that a 2.0 card with a 1.1 motherboard is compatible. However my concern is; will and how much bottleneck there be with the less bandwith on the motherboard.

Should I return the motherboard and get another?

Also I am running Win XP, will I need to upgrade to Vista (to get DirectX 10) to use the above metioned grahics card?

Many thanks

Best Regards

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   04-12-2008 at 01:55:39 PM
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Anonymous wrote :

Hello all!

I have some concerns that I hope you can help me with. I have recently purchased the following items (not received yet):

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 / 2.5 GHz
ABIT IP35 Pro
Asus GF 9800 GTX PCI-E 2.0 512MB DDR3

I have recently discovered that the IP35 Pro does not support the PCI-E v2.0. It is also my understanding that a 2.0 card with a 1.1 motherboard is compatible. However my concern is; will and how much bottleneck there be with the less bandwith on the motherboard.

Should I return the motherboard and get another?

Also I am running Win XP, will I need to upgrade to Vista (to get DirectX 10) to use the above metioned grahics card?

Many thanks

Best Regards


You should not get any 'bottleneck' at all regardless of PCI-e 1.1 and XP and DirectX 9c will be fine.

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Anonymous   04-12-2008 at 09:50:41 PM
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Does that mean the GF 9800 GTX does not use the full bus bandwith, since a PCI-E 1.1 board is "just as good" or ?

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   04-12-2008 at 10:59:15 PM
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The jury is still out on just how much bandwidth is currently used/required but the PCI-e 2.0 is more about providing more electrical power through the PCI-e slot, 150w over the current 75w IIRC.

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Anonymous   04-12-2008 at 11:10:20 PM
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So you recommend that I just stick with the Abit IP35, instead of returning it for a PCI-E 2.0 motherboard?

Sorry if I repeat myself.

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   04-12-2008 at 11:15:53 PM
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Yes

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Anonymous   04-12-2008 at 11:22:45 PM
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Thanks alot for helping

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   04-12-2008 at 11:29:44 PM
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Glad to be service, now go forth and enjoy :)

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