Nvidia made a great launch with Kepler

[HaJa]

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-680-review/

 

[Kitlope]

I read the anad review and yeah, I think I just found my next video card.

 

[HaJa]

However, if you have the X79 Sandy Bridge E chipset it won't run PCIe(3.0) at all but revert to 2.0

 

[Kitlope]

My motherboard is a Asus P6X58D-E (socket 1366) which upon looking at the specs just does PCI-E 2.0 Am I locked into that or is there a bios update for 3.0?

 

[Kenadian]

My motherboard is a Asus P6X58D-E (socket 1366) which upon looking at the specs just does PCI-E 2.0 Am I locked into that or is there a bios update for 3.0?

This really seems to depend on who you talk to. I remember when PCI-E 3.0 was just starting to come out, there was a big kerfuffle over some Vendors stating a simple BIOS update would make the mobo PCI-E 3.0 compatible.

Again, depending on who you believe, BIOS isn't enough as architecture is also an issue. I do know for a fact that my PCI-E 1.0 lane cannot be upgraded to 2 via BIOS and I'm using what was once a top of the line Asus P5B Deluxe WiFi board.

In other words, if you want true PCI-E 3.0 you will likely need to get a PCI-E 3.0 compatible mobo.

 

[Kitlope]

ok thanks for that.

 

[mondo]

Looks pretty good. Dread to think of the price! Will be sticking with the 580 for some time to come! At least until I get triple screens.