PCI express 1.0 vs. PCI express 2.0

bsn1989 · 02-28-09, 02:42 PM

Hi everybody, I just bought a Dell Precision 670 Workstation. 2 2.8 Xeons with 3GB of DDR2 400 and a weak PCI Express 1.0 128mb ATI card. I wanna know how compatible PCI Express 2.0 is with PCI Express 1.0. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150316 I wanna buy this card so I can play some decent games on it. I also was wondering if it was too much juice because the PCI Express slot on the board supports cards up to 150 watts. Thanks guys

Special7 · 02-28-09, 04:47 PM

2.0 will work fine in a 1.0 board.

ratbuddy · 02-28-09, 05:04 PM

Does the PSU have a 6 pin PCIe connector? If not you'll have to use an adapter which is kinda sketchy IMHO. Also, are those the old P4 type Xeons? If so you might run into issues running 'decent games' on the thing to begin with

bsn1989 · 03-01-09, 09:12 PM

Thanks a lot guys! I appreciate it! Yeah they are pretty much p4 Xeons but still im looking at BF2 and UT2003. in my eyes those are "decent" games

And no my PSU does not have a six pin PCIe connector.

bsn1989 · 03-01-09, 09:45 PM

Actually scratch that guys, i DO have a six pin PCIe connector on my PSU

Yay!

ratbuddy · 03-01-09, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by bsn1989

Actually scratch that guys, i DO have a six pin PCIe connector on my PSU

Yay!

While that's good news, for the cash, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814162007 is probably a better idea for such an old system

bsn1989 · 03-01-09, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ratbuddy

While that's good news, for the cash, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814162007 is probably a better idea for such an old system

Wow thats actually really nice, that is very tempting btw! Thanks for the find! One more thing guys, I know this isn't the exact spot to be discussing this but, should I go RAID or not on this thing?

Cuiiey · 03-04-09, 01:05 AM

Yeah deffinately, go raid 0 for speed or raid 1. With raid 0 if one hdd dies then all data is lost so i would recondmend raid 1 but if it is speed you are looking for...

02-28-09, 02:42 PM	Thread Starter #1
bsn1989 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lancaster, WI	PCI express 1.0 vs. PCI express 2.0 Hi everybody, I just bought a Dell Precision 670 Workstation. 2 2.8 Xeons with 3GB of DDR2 400 and a weak PCI Express 1.0 128mb ATI card. I wanna know how compatible PCI Express 2.0 is with PCI Express 1.0. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150316 I wanna buy this card so I can play some decent games on it. I also was wondering if it was too much juice because the PCI Express slot on the board supports cards up to 150 watts. Thanks guys
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02-28-09, 04:47 PM	#2
Special7 Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Philadelphia	2.0 will work fine in a 1.0 board. __________________ My Gaming Rig: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 4.0GHz 1.45v Coolermaster Hyper 212+ Dual Fans (push/pull) 2.6GHz CPU-NB - ASUS M5A97 - Samsung 8GB DDR3-1600 9-9-9-24 1t 1.5v - eVGA nVidia GTX 285 SC 1GB - Western Digital Black 1TB 64MB Cache
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02-28-09, 05:04 PM	#3
ratbuddy Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Hartford, CT	Does the PSU have a 6 pin PCIe connector? If not you'll have to use an adapter which is kinda sketchy IMHO. Also, are those the old P4 type Xeons? If so you might run into issues running 'decent games' on the thing to begin with __________________ HTPC - 2500k - 212+ - GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3 - 2x4GB G.Skill DDR3-1600 - Vertex 2 90GB, Spinpoint F3 1TB w/M4 64GB ISRT Cache - Gigabyte GTX 460 1GB SLI - Silverstone LC10B-E - Corsair TX750W ----- Main - X3 450 - ASRock A790GMH/128M 790GX - 2x2GB G.Skill 4-4-4-12 - 2xWD Green 1TB - Silverstone TJ08 - Corsair CX400W Nothin' up my sleeve..
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03-01-09, 09:12 PM	Thread Starter #4
bsn1989 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lancaster, WI	Thanks a lot guys! I appreciate it! Yeah they are pretty much p4 Xeons but still im looking at BF2 and UT2003. in my eyes those are "decent" games And no my PSU does not have a six pin PCIe connector.
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03-01-09, 09:45 PM	Thread Starter #5
bsn1989 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lancaster, WI	Actually scratch that guys, i DO have a six pin PCIe connector on my PSU Yay!
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