- Sep 23, 2012
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Hello,
I'm currently looking into either buying a GTX 680 or a GTX 770 to replace my rather old GTX 560Ti, I will be aiming to run games such as BF3 and BF4 at 120fps.
However, when looking into the graphics cards, I soon realised that they were designed to be used with PCIe 3.0. This is a problem as my current motherboard has PCIe 2.0 ports. I know that there is backwards compatibility between PCIe 3.0 and 2.0, but how much will this effect the performance of the cards? Will I be losing potentially 20+fps or 0-5fps?
Replacing my motherboard wasn't exactly one of my top priorities at the moment, replacing the graphics card and monitor will be costing me around £600-£700!
Any help/wise words would be appreciated
I'm currently looking into either buying a GTX 680 or a GTX 770 to replace my rather old GTX 560Ti, I will be aiming to run games such as BF3 and BF4 at 120fps.
However, when looking into the graphics cards, I soon realised that they were designed to be used with PCIe 3.0. This is a problem as my current motherboard has PCIe 2.0 ports. I know that there is backwards compatibility between PCIe 3.0 and 2.0, but how much will this effect the performance of the cards? Will I be losing potentially 20+fps or 0-5fps?
Replacing my motherboard wasn't exactly one of my top priorities at the moment, replacing the graphics card and monitor will be costing me around £600-£700!
Any help/wise words would be appreciated
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