A plan!

Frapple · 2 Dec 2007 at 12:54

I wanted to upgrade when the standard Penryn's are released but can't really be bother to wait for 9 series, just going to buy a temp card till then.

Are there any motherboards which accept PCI-E 3.0 for the new cards coming next year?

Thanks.

mogwai · 2 Dec 2007 at 13:32

PCIE 2.0 is only just coming in and any of the X38 boards support PCIE 2. If you want to future proof it a bit then if you pick the right one you will be able to put the Penrhyn 45 nm in and DDR3 RAM.

ojrules · 2 Dec 2007 at 13:35

pci 3.0?... i thought it was pcie 2.0 that was the newest kid on the block?.

Gunther · 2 Dec 2007 at 14:50

Yes pci 3.0 is just around the corner, will be out end of 2008 beginning 2009 and will not be backwards compatible the the max volts are only 3.3V, now Pcie 2.0 and previous are 5v

ginjaninja · 2 Dec 2007 at 14:57

Gunther said:
Yes pci 3.0 is just around the corner, will be out end of 2008 beginning 2009 and will not be backwards compatible the the max volts are only 3.3V, now Pcie 2.0 and previous are 5v

does this mean that investment in x38/pcie 2.0 now is unneccessary? stick with pcie 1.0 on p35 (with 45nm and 1600fsb support oced) , which will be fine for 9800gtx generation?

ojrules · 2 Dec 2007 at 15:35

hmm good question.. t'would seem the logical answer.. but whats the point in bringing out such an advancement that will be obsolete in a year..

ojrules · 2 Dec 2007 at 15:36

the grpahics industry will get stupidly crouded...
agp
pcie 1.0
pcie 2.0
pcie 3.0
cmon.. make your mind up...

Frapple · 2 Dec 2007 at 17:52

I may have got confused, thought the 9 series were 3.0, my bad.

Guess i'll post again once the penryn's are released.

Thanks anyway.

Gunther · 2 Dec 2007 at 19:18

No, the following generation on cards will be pcie 2.0, probably after the 9xxx generarion and the R7xx generation, cards will change to the 3.0 specification