Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Trending News
Whats the difrence between pci express 2.0 16x and pci express 16x?
I have a pc-chips Motherboard that has a PCI Express 16x and im wondering if i can use a card with a ati radion 4hd in it, witch usis a pci express 2.0 16x, can I, or should i look for one that just sayes pci express 16x
My Machine:
-4 gigs of ddr2 ram
-AMD Pheneom X3 2.1 ghzX3
-currently a simple nvidia geforce 6600, 128 bit, 256 mb vram
-160 gigs hd
-windows 7 beta (yay works pritty good)
-pc chips mb, website http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...
2 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
No major difference, x16 cards will work on x16 2.0 mobo slots and vice verca. The only real difference is that theoretically you would have higher bandwidth for information (double as many lanes on the freeway) but it is unlikely that graphics cards dont (not that many cars).
Go with whatever you want but I recommend a x16 2.0 just in case graphics card ever decide to use up the bandwidth.
Source(s): pc user/gamer - 1 decade ago
If you have pci express 16x slots, find a graphics card with for pci express 16x. pci express 2.0 16x is the faster version, but you need pci express 2.0 16x slots. btw, where did you get windows 7 beta? I want it!
I don't think a pci express 2.0 16x can run in a pci express 16x slot.
