PCI-e 2.0 vs PCI-e 16x...I'm all of a sudden confused...?

Question

I'm pretty computer savvy and have a decent understanding of peripheral interfaces. Recently, I have been searching for Graphics cards, primarily the 8800GT, and it's interface is PCI-e 2.0. My board has PCI-e 16x with an 8600GT currently installed.

Are these interfaces the same; as in their names are interchangeable between PCIe 2.0 and PCI[e 16x?

This is the card I am thinking of upgrading to: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150253

Answer 1

PCIe 2.0 doubles the bus standard's bandwidth from 2.5 Gbit/s to 5 Gbit/s, meaning a x32 connector can transfer data at up to 16 GB/s in each direction.



PCIe 2.0 is completely backwards compatible with PCIe v1.x. Graphic cards and motherboards designed for v2.0 will be able to work with v1.1 and v1.0, and vice versa.



You'll be fine using the 8800GT, it will run at full speed even with a PCI V1.x slot. There aren't any video cards yet that make use of the extra bandwidth of the V2 specification.

Answer 2

Pcie Vs Pci Express

Answer 3

whilst pci convey first got here out 8 years in the past, it replaced right into somewhat tiny slot. Now adays this is a sixteen pin slot. you ought to have not have been given any concerns procuring a pci-e card. the only thank you to discover a 2pin or 8pin pci-e card is to pass to a storage sale or scouse borrow it out of your grandma's pc

Answer 4

PCIe 2.0 is an improvement over the older PCIe 1.0 standard, and its fully compatible. PCIe 16x refers to the slot type (for eg a PCIe 1x slot is extremely short, a PCIe 16x slot is longer). Video cards use 16x usually.

Answer 5

both work at x16 the differance is when you add multiple cards such as crossfire which is 1 card at x16 and 1 card at x8 while pci-e 2.0 all cards are at x16 so you have full bandwidth of your video cards

Answer 6

They are compatible dont worry.

Answer 7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express

i dont know if it'll work...im sucky....