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video card upgrade
« on: November 21, 2010, 06:03:51 pm »
What should I expect if I put a pci-e x16 2.0 card in a pci-e x16 1.0 slot.  It should work, correct?
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Re: video card upgrade
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2010, 06:06:34 pm »
I doubt it. I think it would work if you put an older card into a newer slot, but not a newer card into an older slot. Unless your mobo has a flux capacitor.
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Re: video card upgrade
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2010, 07:06:25 pm »
Will work. My mb (eVGA 680i SLI) has pci-e x16 1.0 slot and i'm running a pci-e x16 2.0 gfx (nvidia 280gtx)
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