Can a PCIE 3.0 Graphic card fit on my Pcie 1.0 Slot of my Motherboard

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Slick2sick

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Im really worried about this when i found out that i had a pcie 1.0 slot on my motherboard and the card i wanted required 3.0 Pcie express ..My mother board name is G41m-vs3 its from ASRock
Please answer as fast as possible :) I want to know if i can put a 3.0 card on a 1.0 slot of my mobo
 
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There would likely be some loss of performance, but not much. Have a look at this link. Using a much more powerful card (a GTX 680), the loss of performance in a x16 1.1 slot compared to a x16 3.0 slot is only about 4-5% at 1080p. With your weaker card, the loss in performance would be even less, so you're good to go.

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There would likely be some loss of performance, but not much. Have a look at this link. Using a much more powerful card (a GTX 680), the loss of performance in a x16 1.1 slot compared to a x16 3.0 slot is only about 4-5% at 1080p. With your weaker card, the loss in performance would be even less, so you're good to go.
 
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A 650 ti is a little bit slower than a 750 ti, so the bottleneck would be very similar. Really, the bottleneck you'll experience from the PCI-e slot is pretty minor in the grand scheme of things; I wouldn't worry about it too much.
 
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