P Pollin Distinguished Oct 22, 2013 39 0 18,530 Oct 27, 2013 #1 I have an HD 7950, which uses a pcie 3.0 slot. But my mobo has pcie 2.0. Will it work and how will the performance be affected?
I have an HD 7950, which uses a pcie 3.0 slot. But my mobo has pcie 2.0. Will it work and how will the performance be affected?
Solution maxalge Oct 27, 2013 Pollin : I have an HD 7950, which uses a pcie 3.0 slot. But my mobo has pcie 2.0. Will it work and how will the performance be affected? It will work, and you will loose ~2-7 fps if the slot is x4. If the 2.0 slot is 8x or better, the loss in performance is not noticeable.
Pollin : I have an HD 7950, which uses a pcie 3.0 slot. But my mobo has pcie 2.0. Will it work and how will the performance be affected? It will work, and you will loose ~2-7 fps if the slot is x4. If the 2.0 slot is 8x or better, the loss in performance is not noticeable.
sosofm Splendid Feb 25, 2009 3,908 10 25,165 Oct 27, 2013 #2 Will work , because is backward compatible. GPU performance will not be affected. Upvote 0 Downvote
maxalge Champion Ambassador May 31, 2012 13,373 4 56,960 Oct 27, 2013 Solution #4 Pollin : I have an HD 7950, which uses a pcie 3.0 slot. But my mobo has pcie 2.0. Will it work and how will the performance be affected? It will work, and you will loose ~2-7 fps if the slot is x4. If the 2.0 slot is 8x or better, the loss in performance is not noticeable. Upvote 0 Downvote Solution
Pollin : I have an HD 7950, which uses a pcie 3.0 slot. But my mobo has pcie 2.0. Will it work and how will the performance be affected? It will work, and you will loose ~2-7 fps if the slot is x4. If the 2.0 slot is 8x or better, the loss in performance is not noticeable.