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PCI-E 3.0 x16 and PCI-3 2.0 x16

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July 17, 2013 9:39:26 AM

I was wondering, I was planning on buying an EVGA Gtx 760 super clocked

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

and its listed as a PCI-E 3.0 x16 and my mother board has a PCI-E 2.0 x16

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=...

I was wondering If I could still use this graphics card in it? or would I have to find a PCI-E 2.0 x16 compatible graphics card.

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a b V Motherboard
July 17, 2013 9:44:55 AM

The card is backwards compatible with PCIe 2.0. It will work on your board.
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a c 121 V Motherboard
July 17, 2013 9:52:47 AM

yep. besides there isn't a video card built that will bottleneck on a 2.0 x16 slot.
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July 17, 2013 9:54:12 AM

slomo4sho said:
The card is backwards compatible with PCIe 2.0. It will work on your board.


Now I have one more question, is it worth it? I currently have a GTX 550Ti (which obviously the 760 is better) Would it be worth upgrading to the 760?

My PC build

Motherboard : Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3
Processor: AMD FX 4100 @ 3.8GHz
Ram: 8Gb G.Skill Ripjaw @ 1600
GPU: Gtx 550 ti
PSU: Coolermaster 550 W (I believe) If needed I can actually check.
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a c 121 V Motherboard
July 17, 2013 10:02:08 AM

the 760 is approximately x4 the gpu the 550ti is. so i'd say it would be worth it. So would getting a better cpu... like a FX 6300... you can have one of those for $115
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July 17, 2013 10:06:53 AM

ingtar33 said:
the 760 is approximately x4 the gpu the 550ti is. so i'd say it would be worth it. So would getting a better cpu... like a FX 6300... you can have one of those for $115


and a PSU? do I need one? or am I good there.
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July 17, 2013 10:21:46 AM

Wyattttt said:
and a PSU? do I need one? or am I good there.


95W cpu, 200W gpu... yeah. i'd say a 500W psu is alright unless it's a junky 500W psu. not a fan of coolmaster psus, but they generally make them good enough to handle that type of load.
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a c 100 V Motherboard
July 17, 2013 10:26:55 AM

ingtar33 said:
yep. besides there isn't a video card built that will bottleneck on a 2.0 x16 slot.


The Titan does a little bit.
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a c 121 V Motherboard
July 17, 2013 10:31:46 AM

ihog said:
ingtar33 said:
yep. besides there isn't a video card built that will bottleneck on a 2.0 x16 slot.


The Titan does a little bit.


nope. not even a 690 will. a titan and 690 will bottleneck a little bit with a pci-e 2.0 x8 slot. (5%-10%) but not on a x16 slot.
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a b V Motherboard
July 17, 2013 10:56:04 AM

Wyattttt said:
Now I have one more question, is it worth it? I currently have a GTX 550Ti (which obviously the 760 is better) Would it be worth upgrading to the 760?

My PC build

Motherboard : Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3
Processor: AMD FX 4100 @ 3.8GHz
Ram: 8Gb G.Skill Ripjaw @ 1600
GPU: Gtx 550 ti
PSU: Coolermaster 550 W (I believe) If needed I can actually check.


If you are running onto performance issues in the games you are playing then it would be worthwhile to upgrade the GPU. Otherwise stay where you are at :)  Also, as suggested above, you may want to upgrade your CPU now or down the line to prevent bottlenecking if you go with the GTX 760. I would personally recommend waiting on upgrading the CPU until the end of this year and going with a steamroller processor over a piledriver.


ihog said:
The Titan does a little bit.

No current generation card can completely saturate PCIe 2.0 x16, Titan is no exception.

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July 18, 2013 10:24:58 AM

slomo4sho said:
Wyattttt said:
Now I have one more question, is it worth it? I currently have a GTX 550Ti (which obviously the 760 is better) Would it be worth upgrading to the 760?

My PC build

Motherboard : Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3
Processor: AMD FX 4100 @ 3.8GHz
Ram: 8Gb G.Skill Ripjaw @ 1600
GPU: Gtx 550 ti
PSU: Coolermaster 550 W (I believe) If needed I can actually check.


If you are running onto performance issues in the games you are playing then it would be worthwhile to upgrade the GPU. Otherwise stay where you are at :)  Also, as suggested above, you may want to upgrade your CPU now or down the line to prevent bottlenecking if you go with the GTX 760. I would personally recommend waiting on upgrading the CPU until the end of this year and going with a steamroller processor over a piledriver.


ihog said:
The Titan does a little bit.

No current generation card can completely saturate PCIe 2.0 x16, Titan is no exception.



Thanks man :)  so yes its safe getting the 760? and itll run fine in my current CPU. Then later on down the line ill upgrade it to something better when I have money. Because I just got a job!
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July 18, 2013 11:50:01 AM

Wyattttt said:
Thanks man :)  so yes its safe getting the 760? and itll run fine in my current CPU. Then later on down the line ill upgrade it to something better when I have money. Because I just got a job!


yep; have fun and good luck with the new job!
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