pci 2.0 card with a pci 1.0 Motherboard

[jordan282]

im thinking ati 4870 because its dead cheap
good idea?

 

[roddypoddy]

My mobo is pcie- 1,went from a 8800gts(640mb),to an ATI 4890,no problems.
Gaming at 1920x1080.(GTL/GTR2/DOD source,less res in Arma2).

 

[FredBasset]

I cant remember the link but there was quite a comprehensive comparison of different pcie bus speeds and the real world performance difference between pcie 2.0 8x (basically pcie 1 16x) and pcie 2.0 16x was at most 5% ish and generally nothing.

edit: ahh the link is above, i missed it

Hey guys, I'm in the real world and 5040x1050 might be extreme but there are more and more people running it. It's a lot more than 5% at this res.

Regards
Fred