The following PCI Express 2.0 chipsets and graphics cards are currently available:
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Chipset Vendor
Product
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Platform
ATI
AMD790FX (65 nm)
42x PCI Express 2.0
AMD Socket AM2+ HyperTransport 3.0
ATI
AMD790FX (65 nm)
32x PCI Express 2.0
AMD Socket AM2+ HyperTransport 3.0
ATI
AMD770FX (65 nm)
20x PCI Express 2.0
AMD Socket AM2+ HyperTransport 3.0
Intel
X38 (65 nm, FSB1333)
40x PCI Express 2.0
Socket 775
Intel
X48 (65 nm, FSB1600)
40x PCI Express 2.0
Socket 775
Nvidia
nForce 780a SLI
48x PCI Express 2.0
AMD Socket AM2+ HyperTransport 3.0
Nvidia
nForce 780i SLI (65 nm)
40x PCI Express 2.0
Socket 775, FSB1333
Nvidia
nForce 790i SLI (65 nm)
48x PCI Express 2.0
Socket 775, FSB1600
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Graphics Vendor
Product
Category
ATI
Radeon HD3450 (55 nm)
Entry-level
ATI
Radeon HD3470 (55 nm)
Entry-level
ATI
Radeon HD3650 (55 nm)
Mainstream
ATI
Radeon HD3850 (55 nm)
Mainstream
ATI
Radeon HD3870 (55 nm)
High End
ATI
Radeon HD3870 (55 nm)
Enthusiast
Nvidia
GeForce 9600 GT (65 nm)
Mainstream
Nvidia
GeForce 9800 GTX (65 nm)
High End
Nvidia
GeForce 9800 GX2 (65 nm)
Enthusiast
All PCI Express 2.0 motherboards are compatible with PCI Express 1.1 graphics cards and vice versa, but you’ll need PCI Express 2.0 compliant hardware to benefit from automatic speed and link width adjustments. Our testing concentrates on testing PCI Express 2.0 solutions at all possible link widths.
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