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Another 8800GT thread...sorry!

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Bartman2007

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Hi chaps

With all this talk of the 8800GT being the bees knees and the dogs whatsits, i thought it was time i took the plunge too. However, what concerns me is my motherboard. I've heard these cards are backward compatible with PCI-E V1.0, but its quite abit of money to take a risk with it not working.

How do i find out what version of PCI-E socket i have? I've checked the manual and even on the ASUS website. The motherboard in question is an Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe, which has the NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI chipset. Someone put my mind at ease! Thanks :)
 
The GT will work on any PCI-E mobo. PCI-E2.0 is fully backwards compatible.

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There is also no difference in actual card performance between the different revisions. The main benefit of PCI-E 2.0 is that more power can be drawn from the PCI-E slot, reducing the need for external power connectors.
 
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