If my motherboard doesn't have PCI Express x16 2.0 will an 8800GT still be a good card? I mean, if all the data bandwidth, stream processors, and other advantages of 2.0 are removed, would it still be good, or should I go with a cheaper x16 card that will have the same performance as an 8800GT in a 1.1 slot?|||It will still be able to perform better where it doesn't have to communicate through the motherboard. For example, loading textures into the card's video memory will be slower since it has to be sent through a slower PCI-E bus, but once it's loaded the card can perform all the work at its own internal speed (as dictated by its GPU, RAM, and RAMDAC speeds).
My guess, since I'm still using AGP myself, is that the performance will be kind of spotty, fast in some places and slow in others, but slowest when it has to pull data through the PCI-E bus (but not necessarily noticably slow). Keep in mind that PCI-E 2.0 has about twice the effective throughput as PCI-E 1.1, where it's supported. Then again, as long as your motherboard has a actual x16 slot (some older x16 slots were really x8 slots in disguise), the 8800GT should still do better than any other x16 card.|||the 2.0 doesn't really matter, if you have a PCI Express x16, you can get any card whether it be the normal x16 or 2.0. I believe the 2.0 is just the type of card it is.
You never said what slot you had so i'm guessing you have the normal x16 slot. But you can get any 2.0 card and it would still work. Best card right now would have to be a tie between the 9800 GTX or GX2. IF you only plan on gooing 1 videocard, the GX2 is the best. other than that the GTX is the best bang for hte buck
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