Windows 10: Is PCIE 1.1 a bottleneck for 2.0 GPUs?

I guess It probably depends on CPU and other things. My current card is a GT 710 (PCIE x8 2.0 card) and it runs in a PCIE x16 1.1 slot. Is there a big difference? My CPU is a Core Duo E7400 @ 2.80 GHz.

I'm also considering buying a slightly better, but still pretty outdated GPU - the GT 730 (more specifically this one - GT730-2GD5-BRK | Graphics Cards | ASUS Global
) It requires PCIE 2.0, which is twice the bandwidth of a PCIE x16 1.1 slot. Will there be a significant performance difference?

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Phone as modem - slower than a dongle?

OK, I didn't realize it was a BT 2.0 device. That'll go at up to 1 mbps or thereabouts so no, it won't be a bottleneck for a GPRS/EDGE connection.

It might well be a bottleneck on a 3.5G device, though. In that case it'll be faster (and use less power) to use a USB cable.

 

List phones Bluetooth 1.1

Well, problem is that i have a carkit CARK-112, version 1.1, which doesn't accept my bluetooth 2.0 phone nokia 3500 Classic. I mailed Nokia, and they answered that it is impossible to pair a bluetooth 2.0 phone to a bluetooth 1.1 carkit. So maybe i'll
buy a new phone, bluetooth 1.1, or I buy a carkit, which it will be isn't clear to me yet

 

I've ran a GTX 660 on a Core 2 Quad Q6600 on a ASUS P5K Pro, which had PCIe 1.1, and there was not much of a bottleneck. The CPU will be the biggest bottleneck.

You could install a 750 TI and it would be fine. The 710 to 730 would be a GPU bottleneck, but they should run fine.

The 660 is a 3.0 card though

 

For your review and consideration:

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/co...cmp%5B%5D=2906

 

Technically yes but in real terms very very little difference,

 

It won't make any difference, especially for such low end cards. The biggest limitation in your system is your Core 2 Duo. Upgrading your system with a better GPU is pointless at this point unless you also want to replace that processor with high end Core 2 Quad Q9xxx or QX series which still offer marginal improvements.

I personally still use a GT730 (Kepler variant) and my Core 2 Quad Q8200 is the primary bottleneck in most games.

 

- you might need to install a bigger PSU to facilitate a hardware upgrade,
- your current PSU won't handle much more load..

 

You will barely notice the difference. I run Core 2 Quad Q6600 on a GA-P35-S3L with GTX 460 SE.

You will feel the difference when the processor bottlenecks the graphics card or vice versa.

 

unfortunately, due to motherboard & BIOS limitations, the board that OP (BicycleRow) is using can't use Intel Core 2 Quad processors; system will not boot (no video & no POST) using any Intel quad-core CPUs. He can only use up to maybe an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400, E8500 or E8600 with the latest BIOS update for his board.

 

I had the MS-7525 that came with my first PC (HP Desktop) and I confirm it can only support up to Core 2 Duo E8600 but not quad-core processors. HP did not offer a bios update to support quad-core CPUs for that motherboard.

G33 and G31 chipset naturally supports quad-cores already but the MS-7525 was released very early that HP did not bother with it. Benicia motherboard which is also G31 supported quad-cores.