pcie 2.0 vs 1.0

is 2.0 a lot faster than 1.0 x16?

I'm tight no money, i really need the cheapest mobo ever

is 2.0 a lot faster than 1.0 x16?

I'm tight no money, i really need the cheapest mobo ever

enriK233

If you intend to use a single card, it will make almost no difference. The real improvement is when you are using crossfire/SLI, as even when you split your 16 lanes into 2x 8, you still get enough bandwidth to fully utilize your cards. If you were to split 16 PCIE 1.0 lanes into 2x8, that could limit the video cards.Mr_NoName111

Well there is a bit of a difference, but I don't think the OP would consider getting a 4870x2 or a GTX 295 when he is trying to save money by getting pcie 1.0!

4870x2: (PCIE1.0) 19395 3dmarks, (PCIE2.0) 19525 3dmarks

Well there is a bit of a difference, but I don't think the OP would consider getting a 4870x2 or a GTX 295 when he is trying to save money by getting pcie 1.0!

4870x2: (PCIE1.0) 19395 3dmarks, (PCIE2.0) 19525 3dmarks

Mr_NoName111

PS. Were you attempting to post a graphic? Because I'm getting some odd things in your message.

it's just like SATA and ATA, sure SATA can handle a much higher bandwidth, but there isn't a commercial drive on the market that can honestly handle this maximum bandwidth. The same applies for PCIe 2.0. Much higher bandwidth, but the real limit is the actual speed of the card. You can have a 15 lane highway instead of the 4 lane, but if there's only 3 cars driving on it, what's the point?rikguenther

SATA was a huge improvement over PATA. More space in the case is always a nice plus due to the smaller cables and hot swapping is a nice bonus too. All that and faster speeds has made the ATA drives obsolete. 12% of the internal drives on newegg are ATA while 67% are SATA with the remaining 21% being SCSI. Serial was a huge improvement over the older parallel ATA interfaces as the serial mode allows for simultaneous data transfer. PCI-E 2.0 doesn't have that type of improvement over a PCI-E 1.x interface.chadw_genx

[QUOTE="rikguenther"]it's just like SATA and ATA, sure SATA can handle a much higher bandwidth, but there isn't a commercial drive on the market that can honestly handle this maximum bandwidth. The same applies for PCIe 2.0. Much higher bandwidth, but the real limit is the actual speed of the card. You can have a 15 lane highway instead of the 4 lane, but if there's only 3 cars driving on it, what's the point?HuusAsking