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invisik   07-30-2008 at 02:51:29 AM

just wondering when do you guys expect pcie x16 1.0 slot becoming a bottleneck?

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samuraiblade   07-30-2008 at 11:19:43 AM
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on the latest cards theres already a difference between pcie x16 1.0 and pcie x16 2.0 , so i suspect over the next year or two that it will be totally obsolete

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V3NOM   07-30-2008 at 12:10:29 PM
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yep, just like AGP, except you can still actually use pci express 2.0 cards on a 1.0 slot...

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strangestranger   07-30-2008 at 02:48:18 PM
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samuraiblade wrote :

on the latest cards theres already a difference between pcie x16 1.0 and pcie x16 2.0 , so i suspect over the next year or two that it will be totally obsolete



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mactronix   07-30-2008 at 10:58:18 PM
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I would also like some proof of this. I know the 4 series cards were a breakthrough but the last time i heard we didnt have a card that saturated the pcie X16 slot yet. Im talking Ultra /G92 GTS cards. I dont know one way or the other thats why im asking.

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invisik   07-31-2008 at 05:41:41 PM
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im pretty sure myself we still dont have a card that utilizes the bandwidth of pcie x16 1.0 just yet. we might migrate to pcie 2.0 for power reasons but not bandwidth purposes. im thinking were gonna need pcie2.0 when dx11 takes place.

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strangestranger   07-31-2008 at 07:53:27 PM
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of course i am never sure what it is that causes the bandwidth usage, i have never heard a definitive answer.

is it a combination of the amount of data the cpu is sending plus data being transferred to the gfx cards memory and does the speed of the gfx card affect it or is it just the app that requires such large transferences of data?

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