Planning to order 6970...couple questions.

notJUSTguitar · 11-15-11, 05:09 PM

Hi.
My system is in my sig.
I bought the 1090T about a month ago and it almost works perfectly in my old AM2+ motherboard.
The motherboard has one PCIe 2.0 x16 slot.
The new graphics cards are PCIe 2.1. Will they work OK in my motherboard, and if so, will there be any performance hit?
My PSU has 6 pin and 8 pin PCIe connectors so that will work.

Then, I'm looking at XFX:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150517

After MIR, it's $330.
Would anybody recommend a different brand? My current Gfx card is XFX..and the MIR process for that went smooth.
I don't have much money to spend, and would already be spending more then I should for the XFX $330 card.

Thanks!

a c i d.f l y · 11-15-11, 07:55 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express

Quote:

PCI Express 2.1 supports a large proportion of the management, support, and troubleshooting systems planned for full implementation in PCI Express 3.0. However, the speed is the same as PCI Express 2.0. Most motherboards sold currently come with PCI Express 2.1 connectors.

So apparently it simply offers certain compatibility with PCI-E 3.0. No speed difference. It will work fine.

notJUSTguitar · 11-15-11, 09:02 PM

Ok sweet, thanks!
I'll order the XFX 6970 right now

I'll post back how it goes...It should get here on Friday with 2 day shipping.

notJUSTguitar · 11-18-11, 07:56 PM

Hi everyone.
My XFX Radeon HD6970 arrived this morning!
It's installed...along with a fresh copy of Win 7 x64.
It's awesome!

...and the fan really does sound like a jet engine when it's turned up to 100%. Lol

11-15-11, 05:09 PM	Thread Starter #1
notJUSTguitar Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: MN, USA	Planning to order 6970...couple questions. Hi. My system is in my sig. I bought the 1090T about a month ago and it almost works perfectly in my old AM2+ motherboard. The motherboard has one PCIe 2.0 x16 slot. The new graphics cards are PCIe 2.1. Will they work OK in my motherboard, and if so, will there be any performance hit? My PSU has 6 pin and 8 pin PCIe connectors so that will work. Then, I'm looking at XFX: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150517 After MIR, it's $330. Would anybody recommend a different brand? My current Gfx card is XFX..and the MIR process for that went smooth. I don't have much money to spend, and would already be spending more then I should for the XFX $330 card. Thanks! __________________ i7 2600K 4.6Ghz @ 1.3V (56x chip) Asus Maximus IV Gene-z/GEN3 Z68 MSI R7970 Lightning 8GB G.Skill Sniper 1866Mhz WD 640GB & 1TB Cavier Black OCZ 700W ModXtreme Pro PSU Asus VH232H 23" LCD x3 in eyefinity/6036X1080 Resolution Retired AMD Rig AMD Phenom II 1090T \| GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-US2H (Rev. 1) \| XFX Radeon HD6970 \| \| 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 memory running at 1066Mhz \| OCZ VERTEX 2 60GB SSD \| WD 640GB \| Cavier Black SATA III/64MB Cache \| OCZ 700W PSU \| HP-Debranded 23" 1080P LCD
	QUOTE Thanks

11-15-11, 09:02 PM	Thread Starter #3
notJUSTguitar Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: MN, USA	Ok sweet, thanks! I'll order the XFX 6970 right now I'll post back how it goes...It should get here on Friday with 2 day shipping. __________________ i7 2600K 4.6Ghz @ 1.3V (56x chip) Asus Maximus IV Gene-z/GEN3 Z68 MSI R7970 Lightning 8GB G.Skill Sniper 1866Mhz WD 640GB & 1TB Cavier Black OCZ 700W ModXtreme Pro PSU Asus VH232H 23" LCD x3 in eyefinity/6036X1080 Resolution Retired AMD Rig AMD Phenom II 1090T \| GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-US2H (Rev. 1) \| XFX Radeon HD6970 \| \| 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 memory running at 1066Mhz \| OCZ VERTEX 2 60GB SSD \| WD 640GB \| Cavier Black SATA III/64MB Cache \| OCZ 700W PSU \| HP-Debranded 23" 1080P LCD
	QUOTE Thanks

11-18-11, 07:56 PM	Thread Starter #4
notJUSTguitar Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: MN, USA	Hi everyone. My XFX Radeon HD6970 arrived this morning! It's installed...along with a fresh copy of Win 7 x64. It's awesome! ...and the fan really does sound like a jet engine when it's turned up to 100%. Lol __________________ i7 2600K 4.6Ghz @ 1.3V (56x chip) Asus Maximus IV Gene-z/GEN3 Z68 MSI R7970 Lightning 8GB G.Skill Sniper 1866Mhz WD 640GB & 1TB Cavier Black OCZ 700W ModXtreme Pro PSU Asus VH232H 23" LCD x3 in eyefinity/6036X1080 Resolution Retired AMD Rig AMD Phenom II 1090T \| GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-US2H (Rev. 1) \| XFX Radeon HD6970 \| \| 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 memory running at 1066Mhz \| OCZ VERTEX 2 60GB SSD \| WD 640GB \| Cavier Black SATA III/64MB Cache \| OCZ 700W PSU \| HP-Debranded 23" 1080P LCD
	QUOTE Thanks

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