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z68 gen3 worth it?
- Thread starter manu2b
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I think this depends on your budget too. I mean if one of those boards that officially support gen3 are in your budget why not right? It's double the bandwidth.
This couldnt have been asked in your other thread about Z68 boards?
Gen3 boards have the hardwired PCIe3 stuff, I believe thats about the only difference. As was noted in your other thread, Most if not all Z68's will support Ivy bridge. The big difference will be in PCIe3 support or not...which as you should know, PCIe1 cards work in PCIe2 slots and 2 works in 1, so PCIe3 cards will be fine in PCIe2 slots if thats a limitation.
Gen3 boards have the hardwired PCIe3 stuff, I believe thats about the only difference. As was noted in your other thread, Most if not all Z68's will support Ivy bridge. The big difference will be in PCIe3 support or not...which as you should know, PCIe1 cards work in PCIe2 slots and 2 works in 1, so PCIe3 cards will be fine in PCIe2 slots if thats a limitation.
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Mmm... What about 7xxx & 6xx gfx, will they be pcie 3.0?
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Exactly, it's the same as buying a SATA3 mechanical hard drive, it's basically for marketing (read: $$$) purposes as the drives (or in this case cards) can't fill the bandwidth capacity of the previous tech.
