pci 4.0

[acepro71]

i heard there are gonning to be graphic cards with 

PCI Express 4.0

 

so do u guys think it will work on pci 2.0 like the 3.0 does ? 

 

 

+ are there any new amd am3+ motherboards coming up ? 

 

+ my psu is 500W do u think i should upgrade it ? its an Cooler Master: Thunder 500W 

 

 

my pc specs are in the signature 

 

 

thanks in  advance  

 

 

[Altecice]

AM3+ is a dead socket AMD are moving to FM2+

 

PCI3.0 is a marketing gimmic has almost no gain over 2.0

PCI3.0 runs at effective x8,x8 = x16 of PCI2.0

[needmorewood]

i think pcie 4.0 is going to be just as useless as 3.0 in terms of graphics cards. i think 4.0 will be good for 8k capture cards but thats all i can think of that would need such bandwidth

[Freaky_spider]

1) no one knows, all rumours

 

2) no AM3+ boards coming cuz the platform is dead... the companies are waiting for a new chipset, they wont make new boards for a old chipset cuz they cant if amd doesnt update it

 

3) why would you upgrade? you want to CF? then yes

[MrSuperb]

AM3+ is a dead socket AMD are moving to FM2+

 

PCI3.0 is a marketing gimmic has almost no gain over 2.0

PCI3.0 runs at effective x8,x8 = x16 of PCI2.0

 huh ... pcie 3.0 is theoratically twice as fast .... was pcie 2.0 also only a marketing gimic

[acepro71]

1) no one knows, all rumours

 

2) no AM3+ boards coming cuz the platform is dead... the companies are waiting for a new chipset, they wont make new boards for a old chipset cuz they cant if amd doesnt update it

 

3) why would you upgrade? you want to CF? then yes

CF ?  

[TymmVonD]

ASRock is releasing a new board shortly. Fatal1ty Killer AM3+ but it's still 990FX.

[Freaky_spider]

CF ?  

cross fire, SLI but from AMD

[Guest]

AM3+ is a dead socket AMD are moving to FM2+

 

PCI3.0 is a marketing gimmic has almost no gain over 2.0

PCI3.0 runs at effective x8,x8 = x16 of PCI2.0

Am3+ isn't dead their not going to make a new mobo if a new chipset is just around the corner amd says they keep the current line for most of next year that may mean we may see some new am3 chipsets with ddr4

[Freaky_spider]

 huh ... pcie 3.0 is theoratically twice as fast .... was pcie 2.0 also only a marketing gimic

for gaming its marketing BS.... they just dont need the bandwidth....

[Altecice]

 huh ... pcie 3.0 is theoratically twice as fast .... was pcie 2.0 also only a marketing gimic

 

I was talking in terms of Crossfire/SLI setups.

 

Two SLI cards in PCI3.0 forces the slots into x8 config meaning both together have the same theoretical speeds of 1 x16 PCI2.0

Nothing comes close to using the full bandwidth of PCI2.0 at the moment so why bother with 3,4 its just for bragging.

[acepro71]

I was talking in terms of Crossfire/SLI setups.

 

Two SLI cards in PCI3.0 forces the slots into x8 config meaning both together have the same theoretical speeds of 1 x16 PCI2.0

Nothing comes close to using the full bandwidth of PCI2.0 at the moment so why bother with 3,4 its just for bragging.

is it worth switching to pci 3,0 ? 

[lachyman]

is it worth switching to pci 3,0 ?

No? Wait, I'm not asking, so just No.

[S1lentThund3r]

I was talking in terms of Crossfire/SLI setups.

 

Two SLI cards in PCI3.0 forces the slots into x8 config meaning both together have the same theoretical speeds of 1 x16 PCI2.0

Nothing comes close to using the full bandwidth of PCI2.0 at the moment so why bother with 3,4 its just for bragging.

And most PCI-E 2.0 boards worth their salt use 16x/16x PCI-E 2.0 so it makes no difference.