PCI-E 2.0 and P35

[Participant]

Grrr just when I think P35 will see me right for a few years I discover that PCI-E 2.0 is on the horizon!! Does anyone know when this will come in and whether or not P35 will support it, or is PCI-E 2.0 entirely different architecture etc?

P.S. apologies this probably should have gone in either the motherboard or GPU forum.

 

[DanF]

PCI-E 2.0 cards are backwards compatible with the PCI-E 1.0 slot, it will probably take quite a while before cards need more bandwidth than PCI-E can provide. Think the main thing about PCI-E 2.0 is it can provide more power to the cards.

 

[Participant]

So basically this will give graphics card retailers manufacturers another excuse to overcharge for a useless feature!

We're saying then that when PCI-E 2.0 graphics cards appear on the market they'll be fine with PCI-E 1.1 boards, but may eventually be bottlenecked by the PCI-E 1.1 bus once the requirements hit that limit?

 

[Alfie786]

by the time you want to get a pci-2.0 card u prob want to change your board by then. I know i would as i change mines at least every 4-7months.

I hear the X38 boards may have the pci 2.0 on them ...... you could wait if aint purchased your p35 already...

 

[Participant]

...I have

But at the end of the day if I wait for X38 boards I'll be paying more for PCI-E 2.0 which I don't and won't need since I only game at 1440*900, plus there'll be something else around the corner to hang on for, it's a never-ending game. A new hard drive specification will no doubt be out by then

Put it this way - I've got until PCI-E 2.0 cards hit the 1.1 bottleneck, which will hopefully be another year at least!

 

[Participant]

Found this link, which makes me feel better: http://www.tweaktown.com/news/7552/index.html.

It's a gamer's chipset and has things that I will never need e.g. dual x16 PCI-E slots. The extra power is irrelevant as said since most cards will need an extra power connector anyway. The bandwidth of PCI-E1.1 won't be the bottleneck for years yet (I infer from the language) and so that's not a factor either. Finally X38 is DDR3 only! So I feel P35 is still the best option rather than waiting for this chipset, boards of which will be v expensive especially when you factor in the memory.

 

[Teaf]

Finally X38 is DDR3 only!

I've read that Abit are doing an X38 board that supports DDR2.

 

[Azza]

Im pretty sure there is going to be a DFI X38 TR2 LP DDR2 mobo. (I will try and comfirm it)


If the DFI X38 board can get to 620+ FSB like the DFI P35-T2R has shown that that will be awesome.

 

[alg1a]

Finally X38 is DDR3 only.

There will be DDR2 support just like P35 from most of the top players.

 

[Sinny]

I've read that Abit are doing an X38 board that supports DDR2.

i am in the same boat mate, purchased a P965 GA DQ6 and only reason i purchased it was for the G92 GPU, i guess i will use my DQ6 for the G92 untill sometime i figure i need a x38, and yes x38 will support pci-e 2, but you know as soon as the x38 chipsets come out, their will be some other chipset that will blister past it ^_^.