Is ASUS P8Z68-V PRO to old for R9 280X?

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unknownofprob
Only one answer, It will work without any problems. It's socket 1155, which is slightly old but not old enough no not be compatible. No bottlenecking there as long as you have a CPU better then an i3, But if you have an i3 it won't bottleneck but newer games need more then 2 cores so you'll be limited by your CPU not the graphics card.
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Only one answer, It will work without any problems. It's socket 1155, which is slightly old but not old enough no not be compatible. No bottlenecking there as long as you have a CPU better then an i3, But if you have an i3 it won't bottleneck but newer games need more then 2 cores so you'll be limited by your CPU not the graphics card.
 
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Thank you.

I have i5. I was afraid motherboard would bottleneck GPU as it has only PCI 2.0, and GPU has 3.0. I wanted to use this to do some coin mining, so GPU would be used to 100% of its power.

Sorry for late response.
 
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PCI-E 2.0 vs 3.0 makes NO difference with the current graphics cards we have.

280X is pretty much a rebranded 7970. Benchmark comparing PCI-E 2.0 vs 3.0 with the 7970:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/07/18/pci_express_20_vs_30_gpu_gaming_performance_review/5#.Uwe3hfldV-k

The performance difference is negligible, even less than the margin of error for measurements. Look at the Batman chart, PCI-E 2.0 apparently came out ahead, even. IMO, motherboards are never "too old" as long as everything fits, they have little effect on actual performance.
 
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With a 3rd generation i5, I can't see a reason for a bottleneck as the i5 is a great CPU to have right now. The Motherboard only needs a PCI-E X16 Slot and that is of no difference to 2.0 or 3.0, both exactly the same if are X16. In a X16 Slot, card will be running to it's fullest potential. Your motherboard has that slot for your re-assurance.

You have this:
2 x PCIe 2.0 x16

So that means you can put your cards in any of those to get maximum performance. So put your card in the long blue slot with the clip at the top and you'll be set.
 
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