Will a 5850 be bottlenecked by PCI express x16 v1.1?

Abrahm

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Hey guys,

I'm looking to upgrade from my 8800gts 320mb and I have my eye on the new 5850's coming out this week. My concern is that I am running a P35 northbridge which only supports PCI Express x16 v1.1 instead of 2.0. I have read a lot that current cards have yet to max out the 1.1's bandwidth and thus isn't a bottleneck, but has the new generation reached that point? I realize that he card will still work with 1.1, but,

Will a 5850 be bottlenecked by PCIe 1.1?

Thanks