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AngelAnn   08-20-2009 at 12:13:47 AM

Hey,

I want to buy ASUS P5Q Pro Turbo LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131377 will my 8800gts 640mb (PCI Express x16) graphics card run on it?

Thanks

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AngelAnn   08-20-2009 at 01:10:20 AM

So pcie 2.0 is backwards compatible to 16?

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Maziar   08-20-2009 at 11:44:45 AM

Yes PCI-E 2.0 is backward compatible with PCI-E 1.0

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huron   08-20-2009 at 08:19:50 PM

Yep...you should have no issues at all getting PCI 2.0 and that card. I had it going for awhile on a newer board.

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