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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: lucho on April 18, 2012, 12:10:04 am

Title: GA-P55-USB3 REV1.0 PCI-Express
Post by: lucho on April 18, 2012, 12:10:04 am

Hi,

I have this Mobo and i want to upgrade my Graphic.
I wonder if can suport PCI-E 3.0?

Thanks in advance
Lucho

Title: Re: GA-P55-USB3 REV1.0 PCI-Express
Post by: Dark Mantis on April 18, 2012, 12:16:27 pm

Hi

The short answer is no for the moment because to support PCIE3.0 the motherboard would need to be able to as well as the processor. When IvyBridge comes out (very soon) then with a BIOS update I believe that it should indeed support this protocol.

Title: Re: GA-P55-USB3 REV1.0 PCI-Express
Post by: lucho on April 18, 2012, 09:17:02 pm

Thank you very much for your answer.

By the way, wich Gigabyte graphic do you recomend to this motherboard between 100 /150£

Regards

Lucho