Hey bearcat, Any News On PciE 2.0?

dvslats

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Hi bearcat, I have recently read some of your posts regarding a possible hardware upgrdes, me thinks. :ques:

I'm really curious if you were able to load a Pci E ver.2.0 motherboard into your rig.
This is in regards to the postings you and igacci had concerning stability of the newer graphics cards in direct draw/2d.

On my end, there are some available funds for upgrading my board from Pci E to one that has Pci E ver 2.0 capable slots. Kinda wanting to get some input before I waste it on something that will not improve my situation with my GTS-250 1 mb.
If you recall, my issue was in the area of my monitor going blank for about 1.5 seconds while running any MS flight simulator.

Having a 2.0 specked video card in the older Pci Express motherboard could be the culprit?
My box has a 650 watt psu with 26 amps at the +12 volt rail, and am also using the 6 pin power connector to the graphics board.

If you have any news or suggestions, could you please post it? :ernae:

Thanks, Dave

PS: I also have read some posts from Cazzie, a SOH member here, who also had some probs with a GTX 4 or 275, don't remember exactly which one, that seem to have been power related.
 
Done and done, my man!...see my last post in Wulf190's video card thread. I got a Gigabyte X58A board with all the bells and whistles incl a PciE 2.0 16x slot, loaded my old GTS 250 card and haven't had a single hiccup since in XP or W7 :salute:...OY, forgot to mention that i also power with a Corsair 750w PSU.
 
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