Different bandwidth PCI-Express?

[manoz]

So I was looking at some mobos and seen one that has 2 x16 PCI-E slots but one is x8 electrical the other being the full x16. Just wondering how this will effect games running with SLI. I am intending to buy a 24" Monitor but tbh I'm not that much of a gamer and the only ones I play are HL2 and Unreal Tournament series. Do you think I can still run games at full res if I use SLI? (might not go SLI route till Crysis comes out anyways) How will it affect that as games are getting faster? Hope you understand......

Cheers

 

[manoz]

when you use SLI both PCI-E slots run at 8x

and you will be able to run games at full res with SLI

Oh cool.Cheers. Do do you think that will change when DX10 cards come out or in a few years?. Is the 8x to do with the SLi Bridge?

 

[manoz]

i think manoz ment will the PCI-E speeds change with the release of DX10 cards.

i dont know but most likely it will, just not in the near future
although some motherboards are available with two dedicated PCI-E 16x lanes.
normally SLI splits a single 16x lane into 2 8X lanes

LoL, I haven't been smoking any pipes lately ViRuS2k but yeah this is what I meant sunlitsix. Thanks

Edit: Damn it techs moving too fast Ulfhedjinn! Look what wijipedia says regarding PCI-E 2.0

PCI Express is nearing completion of version 2.0, and should be available in version 2.0 by early 2007.

Yes wiki can't be trusted but still if is 2007, I'll go on a rampage!!