Will A PCI Express v2.0 Video Card Work On v1.0

X-Terminator · Jun 29, 2008, 06:47 AM

I have A ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard socket 939 which is a PCI Express v1.0. Will A PCI Express v2.0 Video Card (HD4870, HD4850 is what I want to buy) work on v1.0?

erocker · Jun 29, 2008, 06:49 AM

Yes it will and with minimal (probablly not noticable) performance loss.

btarunr · Jun 29, 2008, 06:56 AM

At X16 lanes, no, there won't be any impact on the performance. However, make sure you have a good power-supply for the card as PCI-E 1.1 doesn't supply power on-par with PCI-E 2.0.

newtekie1 · Jun 29, 2008, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by btarunr

At X16 lanes, no, there won't be any impact on the performance. However, make sure you have a good power-supply for the card as PCI-E 1.1 doesn't supply power on-par with PCI-E 2.0.

It won't matter, either way the card is sucking up the same amount of power from the PSU. You don't need a better one just because you are using PCI-E 1.1.

candle_86 · Jun 29, 2008, 08:50 AM

im running my HD3870 on PCIe x16 not 2.0 and i do well

Joshmcmillan · Jun 29, 2008, 09:14 AM

I have an ASUS M2NPV-VM, socket AM2 that supports PCI-E 1.0, and my PCI-E 2.0 HD3850 works fine on it.

Joe Public · Jun 30, 2008, 11:40 AM

The HD4850 seems to draw about 33W from the PCIe slot and the rest off the PCIe connector. (Rightmost diagram). So powerwise it's just fine.

Jun 29, 2008, 06:47 AM	#1
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erocker Senior Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Milwaukee, WI. Posts: 31,958 (12.78/day) Thanks: 2,793 Thanked 12,320 Times in 7,832 Posts System Specs	Yes it will and with minimal (probablly not noticable) performance loss.

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Jun 29, 2008, 08:50 AM	#5
candle_86 Banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,642 (1.13/day) Thanks: 76 Thanked 237 Times in 200 Posts	im running my HD3870 on PCIe x16 not 2.0 and i do well

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Jun 30, 2008, 11:40 AM	#7
Joe Public Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 122 (0.07/day) Thanks: 2 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts System Specs	The HD4850 seems to draw about 33W from the PCIe slot and the rest off the PCIe connector. (Rightmost diagram). So powerwise it's just fine.

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