yronnen Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Hi,I'm trying to give my desktop another year or two by upgrading some components. I want to install a new video card, but all of the new cards are PCI Express 2.0. My motherboard (Asus P5LD2) is PCI Express. Will the card work with an older board?Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awergh Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 (edited) I don't see any reason why it shouldn't I used to use a PCIe 2.0 HD4670 on G31 motherboard and it worked fine.That being said you should make sure your CPU isn't going to be a bottleneck Edited December 15, 2009 by awergh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenskas Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Yes PCI-e V2 cards are backwards compatible. As far as speed goes PCI-e V2 is twice as fast as V1 but it makes no difference for most cards. In benchmarks, V2 @ x16 is no faster than @ x8 speed. Since V1 @ x16 is as fast as V2 @ x8 then there wouldn't be a noticeable difference as far as performance goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yronnen Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 (edited) Well, I have the E2180 (dual core, 800fsb, 1MB cache, 2Ghz). It's a bit light on the cache, but I think it's strong enough for Vista Pro 64. Edited December 15, 2009 by yronnen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior2613 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Its definitely enough for vista. I have the little brother of your CPU the E2140 @ 1.6Ghz runs it like a charm, even with 2 Sketchup projects and a 1080p movie in the background. Also how much RAM do you have ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Also how much RAM do you have ?Indeed, give it some 3 to 4GB and it will work fine.If you don't play the latest games at 1080p, a HD4650 is a good recommendation, it even works for most games up to 1366*768 at some 25-30FPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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