PCI Express 2.0 in a PCI Express 1.0 slot

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#1 kokororo09
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Will there be a lose in performance? I'm replacing my 2 month old 9500 GT for

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150504

my motherboard:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131615

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#2 Janus67
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Not really, they increased the bandwidth in the slot but as far as I know there wasn't much that actually filled the bandwidth of PCI-E 1.0
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#3 adamosmaki
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Not really unless you plan going for a $400-500 video card like a gtx 580 and even with that there is negligible performance impact
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