Am I missing out when I have a PCIe 3.0 card but a 2.0 motherboard?

Bojangle12 · Mar 25, 2014

My mother board (Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3) has a PCIe 2.0 slot, but most cards now are 3.0. Am I missing out bigtime by having a 2.0 slot on my motherboard?

Also if anyone can link me to some motherboards that have a 3.0 slot that would be great.

AshyCFC · Mar 25, 2014

No.

You are not "missing out", If you're a home user/gamer you notice no difference.

neon neophyte · Mar 25, 2014

there is literally, at most, a 1-3 percent difference. at most.

Cons29 · Mar 25, 2014

they are 3.0 compatible, but even high end ones do not really saturate 3.0.
esp if you don't have a $1000 gpu, you really don't have to worry

Rationale · Mar 25, 2014

I've seen performance tests, and there's at most a 3 fps difference in games. None of the 3.0 cards even take advantage of it yet, you're not missing out.

Jakub1 · Apr 15, 2014

Lucky enough for you, pcie slots are backwards compatible and without showing distinct differences like mentioned above. A 3.0 gpu can fit into a 2.0 mobo and a 3.0 mobo supports a 2.0 gpu.

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