2012-01-15, 06:57
I have an old desktop that currently has PCI Express 1.0 x16 that has a 7600GT hooked up. It is not able to do even 720p h264 (no hardware decode).
I am thinking about getting a cheap GT210 or maybe a GT520 (3D support might be nice for the future) but they are all PCI Express 2.0 x16.
I guess 2.0 is backwards compatible with 1.0, but 1.0 has half the bandwidth. Do you guys have experience running these cards at 1.0 x16? What kind of performance should I expect?
Thanks
I am thinking about getting a cheap GT210 or maybe a GT520 (3D support might be nice for the future) but they are all PCI Express 2.0 x16.
I guess 2.0 is backwards compatible with 1.0, but 1.0 has half the bandwidth. Do you guys have experience running these cards at 1.0 x16? What kind of performance should I expect?
Thanks