L loafman Honorable Dec 23, 2013 76 0 10,640 Jan 3, 2014 #1 My friend is thinking of upgrading his graphics card to a 2Gb 7770, which is a pci 3.0, his MB only has a pci 2.0, will his MB bottleneck the 7770? If so by how much?
My friend is thinking of upgrading his graphics card to a 2Gb 7770, which is a pci 3.0, his MB only has a pci 2.0, will his MB bottleneck the 7770? If so by how much?
lucasz Honorable May 18, 2013 1,406 0 11,660 Jan 3, 2014 Solution #2 No. There's an unnoticeable difference between pcie 3.0 and 2.0 Upvote 0 Downvote Solution
16bit Honorable Oct 6, 2013 238 0 10,710 Jan 3, 2014 #3 Your friend should be totally fine with PCIe 2.0 for a single card configuration. Upvote 0 Downvote
Novuake Champion Aug 27, 2011 14,308 0 56,960 Jan 3, 2014 #5 NO perceptible difference. Although you should consider checking PSU as well. Upvote 0 Downvote