pci-e 2.0? worth an upgrade

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kaufman37

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I am running 2x 8800 gt and am planing to upgrade to some 9800 gtx but i dont want to upgrade my mobo. will the 9800 gtx work with pcie 1.0 and what will i lose by doing so?

 

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kaufman37 said:

I am running 2x 8800 gt and am planing to upgrade to some 9800 gtx but i dont want to upgrade my mobo. will the 9800 gtx work with pcie 1.0 and what will i lose by doing so?

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You won't see much difference unless you are running in x4/x4 mode now or something. You honestly won't see much difference at all, the 9800GTX isn't that much faster than the 8800GT.

What's the rest of the system?

 

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I was using a 1.0 mobo with my GTX285, then switched to a 2.0 ( P45 for OCing ... ) and i didnt notice any change with 3Dmark06 and games.

 

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mobo: ABIT Fatality FP-IN9 650i
cpu: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
video card: 2x 8800 gt in sli
ram: 2 gb ddr2 basic stuff
cooling: thermaltake bigwater se
case: antec p180
hard drive: seagate 1tb
psu: antec truepower 850w
dvd drive: liteon superallrite

i think thats everything this is my first build so yeah

 

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my friend told me 9800 gtx was the best i could run without upgradeing the whole rig is he rite?

 

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kaufman37 said:

my friend told me 9800 gtx was the best i could run without upgradeing the whole rig is he rite?

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Nope, you could stick a GTX 200 series card in there no problem.