Is this PCI-E 2.0

[Guest]

My MoBo is Asus P5G41T-M LE is this PCIE 2.0

EDIT: Also is PCI-E 3.0 Backwards compatible

 

[Gekko Shadow]

It does not seem it is PCIe 2.0 - Couldn't find anything that said it was 2.0, so more than likely it's not =P.

And yes 3.0 will be backwards compatible =) Linky hurr~

 

[tecmo34]

Gekko Shadow is correct on both accounts... It is a PCIe 1.0 board not PCIe 2.0 ( http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=qFAkfcBpV5GErXGu ) and PCIe 3.0 will be backwards compatible.

 

[Guest]

Is this really bad? Im didnt noticed before i built it. Im such an idiot! Are all Pci-e's gunna be backward compatible? Because im assuming they all will work with each other just at slower speeds?

 

[rolli59]

It is not really bad. Even the highest powered GPU's to day hardly notice the difference between 1.0 and 2.0. You are correct on your assumption on compatibility and speed.

 

[Gekko Shadow]

^+1

Rolli is indeed correct. With most games, PCIe is still not at a point where you will lose a significant amount of performance. Maybe in benchmarks you will be at a loss, but if you don't do major gaming you'll be ok. =)

 

[Guest]

Wasnt it the GTX295 that was the first card that you could see the diffrence a tiny bit?

 

[Gekko Shadow]

The "tiny bit" is like...

Say a slice of pizza with 5 pepperoni's lol is PCIe 2.0

Now we drop to PCIe 1.0 - take away say 2-3 pepperoni's.

That pizza is still gonna taste dam good (especially if your hungry xD) regardless of the missing pepperoni's =).

Sorry for the analogy - i was hungry xD