I've been reading up on the pci 2.0 and can't figure out what i really want to know. The X38 chipset has pci 2.0 When in cross fire mode. Both cards are 16 times bandwith. Will a single pci 2.0 slot function at 32 times bandwith?

The standard PCI slots have nothing to do with the PCI-Express x16 slots that are used for Crossfire. What are you trying to do?

Will a single pci express 2.0 slot function at 32 times bandwith? Is this a feature in future motherboards. Or will pci express 2.0 on the the x38 chipset be made just to allow full 16 times bandwith for two high end video cards in cross fire?

OK, you're asking about PCI-Express 2.0, not PCI 2.0...there's a HUGE difference! http://www.pcisig.com/specification... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Ex... And you need to clarify what you mean by bandwidth or what you think bandwidth is. Regardless, the bandwidth is doubled, not 32 times. The current max bandwidth of PCI-e 1.0 x16 slot is 2.5 Gbit/sec. PCI-e 2.0 will double that to 5.0 Gbit/sec. And remember, all this is theoretical. BTW, most people will tell you that Crossfire & SLi setups are a tremendous waste of money.

Jam, I always thought PCIe 16x transferred at 4.0 GByte/sec (or 8.0 GByte/sec in bidirectional mode)? Edit: The article you linked seems to agree with me. :P Super Pentium III: NOW WITH 7950GT AGP! PIII-S cpu overclocked to 1.66GHz--As fast as a 2.5GHz P4! 2GB of PC2700 memory QDI Advance 12T board Audigy 2 Vista Home Premium

Hate to dish out money on a P35 motherboard with pci express 1.0 with pci express 2.0 on it's way out.

Why you still got to consider other factors like DDR3 which the first series of any type of DDR is not going to gain hardly any performance over the last generation. Second is the cost of DDR3 which is a lot more right now because DDR3 isn't mass produced yet. Then you got SATA III coming out which will be another new standard. I wouldn't touch any motherboard until all the standards are in place and DDR3 become a lot cheaper and that isn't going to happen for another year, but I can wait. Heck i'm still using a s939 system and i'm doing just fine.