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What is the difference between PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP and PCI Express 2.0? My card on my bad computer has a 2.0 but I'm wondering can my computer hold a 3.0? Also what is the difference between fermi and non fermi?
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It's just PCI rev2/rev3, rev3 for Ivy Bridge CPUs and rev2 for Sandy Bridge. So you can only take advantage of PCI 3 with an Ivy Bridge in your system. Simple concept, rev3 is backwards compatible. The performance difference is minimal, like 1-2% increase from 2 to 3.
Fermi is a GPU architecture by nvidia. If a card uses the Fermi architecture, it's a fermi card. If not, it's probably Kepler (GTX 600 series). FYI, it's not worth buying a fermi card at this point.
Fermi is a GPU architecture by nvidia. If a card uses the Fermi architecture, it's a fermi card. If not, it's probably Kepler (GTX 600 series). FYI, it's not worth buying a fermi card at this point.
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itsMichael wrote It's just PCI rev2/rev3, rev3 for Ivy Bridge CPUs and rev2 for Sandy Bridge. So you can only take advantage of PCI 3 with an Ivy Bridge in your system. Simple concept, rev3 is backwards compatible. The performance difference is minimal, like 1-2% increase from 2 to 3.
Fermi is a GPU architecture by nvidia. If a card uses the Fermi architecture, it's a fermi card. If not, it's probably Kepler (GTX 600 series). FYI, it's not worth buying a fermi card at this point.
YOU'RE SUCH A NERD... Jk you're pretty cool.
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