GeForce GTX 260 with a GA-P35-D3SL?

[Zoesz]

Hello, I have a GA-P35-D3SL, currently with a GeForce 8600 and was looking to upgrade to one of the newer cards, but noticed there is now PCI Express 2.0, and I did a little bit of research and it appears that they are backward compatible however I'm wondering if there would be any serious drawbacks to using it in a 1.x slot?

 

[Zoesz]

For reference here's the card I was considering upgrading to, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130433

 

[rolli59]

The card is compatible with your slot. Performance difference between 1.x and 2.0 slot is negligible.

 

[rockyjohn]

Agreed - no issue using it with the 1.0 slot.

Did you check to ensure PSU is large enough? The new graphics card - the GTX 260 - has a minimm requirement of 500w - although depending on system I think yoiu might be able to get by with a little less if not much other hardware and no serious OCs.

 

[Shadow703793]

^+1 on the PSU. You will need a QUALITY PSU like the Corsair 550VX to power a GTX260. As for the board, PCIe 2.0 is backward compatible with PCIe 1.x and shouldn't be a bottle neck.