here are the raw specs found at this website.
Here’s a summary of the key parameters of the various PCI Express interfaces:
Base Clock Speed: PCIe 3.0 = 8.0GHz, PCIe 2.0= 5.0GHz, PCIe 1.1= 2.5GHz
Data Rate (per lane & per direction): PCIe 3.0 = 1000MB/s, PCIe 2.0= 500MB/s, PCIe 1.1= 250MB/s
Total Bandwidth (x16 link): PCIe 3.0 = 32GB/s, PCIe 2.0= 16GB/s, PCIe 1.1= 8GB/s
Data Transfer Rate: PCIe 3.0 = 8.0GT/s, PCIe 2.0= 5.0GT/s, PCIe 1.1= 2.5GT/s
here are the 2 boards i'm comparing.
normal board
gen3 board
price difference of £10... not a massive amount, and i'll probably go for the gen3 BECAUSE i feel if i ever did buy a card that would fully saturate a 2.0 pci-e connection, i would be missing out, but on the other hand, since none of them do at the moment(well, not in my price range), is this just a sales ploy invented to catch out panicky pusses like myself...
Josh
Here’s a summary of the key parameters of the various PCI Express interfaces:
Base Clock Speed: PCIe 3.0 = 8.0GHz, PCIe 2.0= 5.0GHz, PCIe 1.1= 2.5GHz
Data Rate (per lane & per direction): PCIe 3.0 = 1000MB/s, PCIe 2.0= 500MB/s, PCIe 1.1= 250MB/s
Total Bandwidth (x16 link): PCIe 3.0 = 32GB/s, PCIe 2.0= 16GB/s, PCIe 1.1= 8GB/s
Data Transfer Rate: PCIe 3.0 = 8.0GT/s, PCIe 2.0= 5.0GT/s, PCIe 1.1= 2.5GT/s
here are the 2 boards i'm comparing.
normal board
gen3 board
price difference of £10... not a massive amount, and i'll probably go for the gen3 BECAUSE i feel if i ever did buy a card that would fully saturate a 2.0 pci-e connection, i would be missing out, but on the other hand, since none of them do at the moment(well, not in my price range), is this just a sales ploy invented to catch out panicky pusses like myself...
Josh
