PCI-e 2.0 Motherboard with a PCI-e 3.0 GPU

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
D

DylanW4

Honorable
Jan 27, 2014
5
0
10,510
So, I noticed my new motherboards only has PCI-e 2.0. But my GPU is PCI-e 3.0. Does this mean my GPU isn't compatible with this motherboard? Or will my GPU just run slower. That's what I've been hearing lately. Just need to be sure. Thanks.
 
Solution
Novuake
On extreme high end graphics cards there is a SMALL, extremely small difference in performance.

But its minimal.

Perfectly compatible.
Sort by date Sort by votes
I

ilnex

Honorable
Oct 2, 2013
37
0
10,540
i don't think theres a card on the market that uses all the theoretical bandwidth of PCIE 2.0. that being said 3.0 has been tested to yield a few frames more with some cards 1-7 (or something like that)
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
manofchalk

manofchalk

Glorious
May 11, 2012
12,914
3
48,960


And those differences are only observable in highly synthetic benchmarks, gaming isnt affected at all (or within margin of error type of difference).

As long as your plugging into a PCIe Gen2 8x slot or better, your good.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
D

DylanW4

Honorable
Jan 27, 2014
5
0
10,510
Thanks. My MoBo is an MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 FM2 Socket and my GPU is a Sapphire Radeon HD 7850.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Novuake

Novuake

Champion
Aug 27, 2011
14,308
0
56,960


Precisely. :)
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom