Curse

Strykr · Jul 09, 2009, 01:55 PM // 13:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by moriz

heat is really not an issue. the damned thing draws around 30W maximum, which won't even heat up a cup of water even if ALL of it is converted to heat (which isn't the case for a graphic card).

I just realized something, my comp doesn't have pci express 2.0, so I can't use either of the cards yall recommended.

Here's what I'm limited to if I don't care about price:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...rofile%20Ready

moriz · Jul 09, 2009, 10:43 PM // 22:43

actually, PCI-e 2.0 is backwards compatible with PCI-e 1.1, so you're fine.

Strykr · Jul 10, 2009, 01:03 AM // 01:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by moriz

actually, PCI-e 2.0 is backwards compatible with PCI-e 1.1, so you're fine.

Ah, so as long as I don't SLI or Crossfire (can't anyway, only 1 usable slot) 1.1 and 2.0 don't matter?

moriz · Jul 10, 2009, 01:09 AM // 01:09

if your card is not a: 1) radeon HD4870 X2, OR 2) geforce GTX295, then it doesn't matter. PCI-e 2.0 delivers double the bandwidth as PCI-e 1.1. however, only those two cards that i've listed will EVER use that additional bandwidth. even for those two, the difference is tiny.

for your card, it doesn't matter, because it won't be able to use all that bandwidth anyways.

btw, SLI and Crossfire are not dependent on the type of PCI-e slot you have. both will happily work on PCI-e 1.1 slots, assuming you have two of them.

Strykr · Jul 10, 2009, 02:21 AM // 02:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by moriz

if your card is not a: 1) radeon HD4870 X2, OR 2) geforce GTX295, then it doesn't matter. PCI-e 2.0 delivers double the bandwidth as PCI-e 1.1. however, only those two cards that i've listed will EVER use that additional bandwidth. even for those two, the difference is tiny.

for your card, it doesn't matter, because it won't be able to use all that bandwidth anyways.

btw, SLI and Crossfire are not dependent on the type of PCI-e slot you have. both will happily work on PCI-e 1.1 slots, assuming you have two of them.

Thank you soo much