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PCIe 2.0 motherboard with PCIe 3.0 graphics card

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December 26, 2013 12:11:00 PM

i have a ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z with a pcie 2.0 x16 slot and i was wanting to upgrade to a GIGABYTE GV-R929XD5-4GD-B pcie 3.0 graphics card. will the new card work with my current motherborad. or am i going to have to move to a new intel motherboard and CPU?

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December 26, 2013 12:16:16 PM

Yes, PCI-E 2.0 and 3.0 are backwards compatible so it will work no problems.
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