M mkenyon2 Distinguished Feb 8, 2008 31 0 18,530 Jan 5, 2010 #1 If I have a PCI x16 1 slot on my motherboard, will a 2.0 card be backward compatible? If I have to replace the video card, I'd like to get the best I can.
If I have a PCI x16 1 slot on my motherboard, will a 2.0 card be backward compatible? If I have to replace the video card, I'd like to get the best I can.
Solution warmon6 Jan 5, 2010 yes, a 2.0 pcie Card can work in pcie 1.0 slots. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express
warmon6 Splendid Jul 24, 2009 4,169 5 22,965 Jan 5, 2010 Solution #2 yes, a 2.0 pcie Card can work in pcie 1.0 slots. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express Upvote 0 Downvote Solution
wa1 Splendid Mar 16, 2009 7,868 1 31,460 Jan 5, 2010 #3 PCI-E 2.0 is backward compatible with PCI-E 1.1 or 1.0 Just like warmon said... Upvote 0 Downvote