Does PCI 1.0 mobos support PCI 2.1 cards ???

[Guest]

Hi guys ..first lets make sure about which one is better & more usable PCI 2.1 cards or 2.0 ? because 5850 has both . which one i should buy ...& second Question is that GA P31 DS3L is little old mobo ...does it support PCI 2.1 CARDS Fully or it will LIMIT these CARDS ?

 

[jefe323]

if you have a pcie 1.0 slot, i'd go with the 2.0 over the 2.1

 

[Helltech]

Yes they do, but only if the manufacterer of the Motherboard supplies a BIOS update that includes 2.1 support.

To be safe just go with a 2.0 card.

 

[Guest]

OK ...Some Brands of 5850 are 2.0 but some of them are 2.1 ..are 2.1 cards more powerfull than 2.0 ?? i have got 1 PCI slot ..but 5850 need 2 SLOTS ...so any way will my mobo LIMIT this beauty even if i get 2.0 one of it ?

 

[Guest]

CAN u please cheak my MOBO site & report that how much 5850 will be LIMITED on my MOBO . or maybe it wont be even LIMITED ..but i realy wanna buy 5850 with no Problem .

 

[jefe323]

your board will be able to accomidate the 5850 and you will only see a very slight drop in performance

 

[Guest]

Will THAT Slight Drop of performance effect on the GAMES too ..i mean real 5850 gives 100% ...can you say with % ..how much Perfomance Drop would be with % ?? & will Corsair 650 TX & 4 GB DDR 2 800 MHZ ram ... & Q9400 Quad Core CPU ..FIX this little PROBLEM . ?

 

[jefe323]

yes, it will be only about a 1-5% drop

this is a limitation of your board, not the rest of your componenets

you should have nothing to worry about

 

[Guest]

Oh thanks ... But anyway ... if i had choose bettween 5850 PCI 2.1 & PCI 2.0
which should i get to experience more PERFORMANCE ? & is it truth that GIGABYTE brand has more core clock than other cards like MSI or XFX or HIS or...
Recomand me Best brand from { CLUB , MSI , His , Giga , XFX }

 

[jefe323]

all brands have the same basic speeds, the only difference is the overclocking ability and cooling options

the best brands are probably xfx, asus, sapphire and gigabyte IMO

 

[Guest]

Thanks & what about my first Q ? Which one should i go with for better perfomance ? PCI 2.1 or 2.0 version of 5850 ??

 

[jefe323]

2.0 will be better for you

 

[Guest]

Thanks Jefe .. & please tell me will it still be better than 2.1 even if i upgrade my MOBO to p45 ...? i wanna do this upgarde first ... 1. CPU q9400 Psu 650 after that 2.VGA 5850 & after all 3.Mobo P45 & DDr 3 rams ...maybe my case is little bad for them so after all maybe i upgarde my case too if i had HEAT problem ... will it be Great UPGRADES ...?

 

[jefe323]

if you are going to upgrade your board, look for one with a PCIe 2.0 or 2.1 x16 slot

then you'll have nothing to worry about (in terms of performance drops)

 

[Guest]

OK .. what do u think about P45-USB3 ... is it 2.0 or 2.1 ...? if it is not so Recomand me a cheap one that already has PCI 2.0 or 2.1 ..thanks

 

[jefe323]

looks like it is 2.0, which is good.

you should be fine with that board, but you reallly don't need a new one. PCIe 1.0 x16 is fine. you'll hardly see any performance drop. i'd stick with your current board for now...

 

[Guest]

Thats Great !! thanks jefe ..so with this way ..i can UPGARDE my CPU .. PSU & VGA safly....& about q9400 i saw it already supported by my MOBO..i saw at list ..anywhere at sites on box...so what do u think ..will Q9400 be limited or ..just be fine like 5850 ?? { thats my last question .. sorry !!}

 

[jefe323]

your cpu won't be limited

 

[Guest]

THANKS A LOT ..now i can happily go for my UPGAREDs ... THANKS again my friend
ur comment was usefull .