PCIE 2.0 card in PCIE X16 slot

PCIe 2.0 is backward and forward compatible with PCIe v1.x. Graphic cards and motherboards designed for v2.0 will be able to work with v1.1 and v1.0, and vice versa. In some rare cases it is possible that a PCI-E 2.0 card will not work correctly on a PCI-E 1.0a slot. This is only limited to certain video cards.

Yes, PCIe 2.0 is fully backwards compatible with PCIe 1.1.
It will work with no problems.

old question...it'll work..go ahead

No. You have to buy a motherboard that takes DDR3 memory because that's what your video card has.

Thanks Jeb. Your a wealth of sarcastic information. I thought I would just have to buy an EVGA motherboard to go with the EVGA 9800GTX card. I would also like to thank everyone else for their helpful information.

there is no performance difference

I have to admit that had me rolling! Nice

Had me rolling too. But because I bought 10K of AMD stock @ 4.50 a share and just sold it @ 6.25 a share I can buy whatever I want now. Jeb can you recommend anything? Got $10K to play with.

OMG That stings ha