Bottle-necked

mikeyh · 10-18-2008, 06:05 AM

will i bottle-neck my system by putting a pci-e 2.0 x16 in a pci-e x16 slot? i've heard people say that the current cards will and won't so im a bit confused on this one.

thanks for any help

**wrench97** · 10-18-2008, 09:09 AM

What is the rest of your system???
PSU
CPU
MotherBoard
OR if a major brand Brand and Model

**emosun** · 10-18-2008, 12:05 PM

Technically you would be bottlenecking the card that you put in. But there really isn't much visual/noticeable difference between pci-e x16 and 2.0. There's technically 10% or so difference in speed with 2.0 then x16. But post specs anyways.

mikeyh · 10-18-2008, 07:47 PM

system specs are as follows:
CPU = AMD 64 x2 5600+
Motherboard = Asus M2NPV-VM - has am2 socket and pci-e x16
PSU = 620W Corsair

the card i want to put in is a Nvidia 9800gt

P.S. do current games use the full bandwidth of a pci-e x16 connection?

**1 g0t 0wn3d** · 10-18-2008, 07:52 PM

at that point the cpu is the limiting factor not the video card or the slot

**emosun** · 10-18-2008, 08:18 PM

Anything 3d will use the full advantage or pci-e x16 or 2.0 as its not a software but a hardware connection between the computer and the videocard.

10-18-2008, 06:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
mikeyh Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP SP2	Bottle-necked will i bottle-neck my system by putting a pci-e 2.0 x16 in a pci-e x16 slot? i've heard people say that the current cards will and won't so im a bit confused on this one. thanks for any help

10-18-2008, 09:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,600 OS: Win7	Re: Bottle-necked What is the rest of your system??? PSU CPU MotherBoard OR if a major brand Brand and Model __________________ Power Supply and Selection

10-18-2008, 12:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 6,982 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Bottle-necked Technically you would be bottlenecking the card that you put in. But there really isn't much visual/noticeable difference between pci-e x16 and 2.0. There's technically 10% or so difference in speed with 2.0 then x16. But post specs anyways. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

10-18-2008, 07:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
mikeyh Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP SP2	Re: Bottle-necked system specs are as follows: CPU = AMD 64 x2 5600+ Motherboard = Asus M2NPV-VM - has am2 socket and pci-e x16 PSU = 620W Corsair the card i want to put in is a Nvidia 9800gt P.S. do current games use the full bandwidth of a pci-e x16 connection? Last edited by mikeyh; 10-18-2008 at 07:52 PM.

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1 g0t 0wn3d TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sedona, az Posts: 6,528 OS: Vista basic 32bit My System	Re: Bottle-necked at that point the cpu is the limiting factor not the video card or the slot __________________ Bench Test \| PC Wizard \| System specs \| PSU info \| PSU calculator \| Memtest86+ \| Speedfan

10-18-2008, 08:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 6,982 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Bottle-necked Anything 3d will use the full advantage or pci-e x16 or 2.0 as its not a software but a hardware connection between the computer and the videocard. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list