Do they work in regular 16x slots?

2/16/2008 9:37:16 AM

yes, but the regular pci-e slot won't take full advantage of the card.

[Edited on February 16, 2008 at 10:22 AM. Reason : but]

2/16/2008 10:19:08 AM

it's the same slot, a PCIe x16 slot is still a x16 slot

think of it as the difference between USB 1.0 & USB 2.0, same slot, different revisions, different speeds

2/16/2008 12:42:12 PM

The boost in performance currently is marginal since not many games or applications require that kind of bandwidth. I think crysis got a good boost in performance with 2.0, but that's hella demanding game. It's exactly like the step ups of AGP 1x, 2x, 4x and such.

2/16/2008 5:43:21 PM

by regular do you mean AGP?

2/17/2008 9:53:31 PM