pc-i 2 card into a pci-e mobo??

[tasslehoff]

I've been running two geforce 7950gt cards (in sli of course ) One of the cards has gone bad. Thought I'd use this as an excuse to upgrade....Was looking at getting (balancing cash here) a 9800gt (1 gig mem) card. On one site it says pci-e 2 slot required. I don't think my mobo (MSI k9n sli...nforce 570 chipset) supports the later pci-e 2 slots. Does this mean the above card won't run on my pc?

If it will...I'll assume I won't be getting full benefits from it & therefore wonder if it would run no faster than a lesser pci-e card.

BTW....two 7950gt's in sli mode...or one card of the above type (or other more fitting for my mobo)...which would be faster? (athlon64 x2 dual core 6000+ processor btw)

TIA..Andy. Oh & first post so hi!

 

[Dicehunter]

It will run in your mobo no probs pci-e 2 just gives more breathing room for the cards bandwidth but will run fine in pci-e 1

 

[tasslehoff]

Tnx for the reply DF1986. Starting to get "static" with one of the cards....in Brothers in arms world at war...was getting red flashing blotches....thought it was a game effect at first to make it look old & grainy..till I swapped cards about lol.

Another query to add my my first post....going for 1 gig mem over 512m....any noticeable difference in framerates...or throwing extra cash away.

(wow must swap the cards back around..can't be doing with pinstripe looking web pages!)

 

[explicit4u]

depends on what res you game at, higher resolutions tend to benefit from higher available memory.

 

[tasslehoff]

tnx explicit....was running 1024*768 till I got the above processor..now found no prob running 1280*1024 with settings high....(can't say I notice much difference between the two tbh)....7950gt sli.....sad loss...found it kept up with the times well.