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Motherboard and Graphics card compatability

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August 13, 2014 8:12:33 PM

Hello everyone! I am in the process of purchasing parts for my computer I am building. The motherboard I have chosen is the Asrock 970 Extreme4 with the AM3+ socket. The graphics card is the MSI AMD Radeon R9 270. I know they will work together, but I have one main question. The graphics card interface is PCIe 3.0, and while looking at the motherboard, the highest PCIe slot is 2.0. Will this be a big deal? Will I not be getting full power out of my graphics card? Or can I put it in one of the regular PCIe slots? I will leave links below to both products. I would like to thank everyone in advance for your help and time!

Motherboard- http://www.microcenter.com/product/382952/970_Extreme4_...

Graphics card- http://www.microcenter.com/product/425815/AMD_Radeon_R9...

Tyler

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August 13, 2014 8:53:38 PM

Alrighty. So I put the graphics card into the PCIe 2.0x16 slot or just a regular PCIe slot? Also, will it be a big loss in performance or no? I will be using this computer for 99.9% gaming so I don't want to lose much performance while running games at high detail.
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August 13, 2014 8:55:39 PM

PCIe 2.0x16 < Almost no loss at all very minimal.
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August 13, 2014 9:01:10 PM

Ok. What do you mean by " at all very minimal"?
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August 13, 2014 10:08:19 PM

I am confused here. So I can use the graphics card with a 3.0 PCIe interface in a PCIe 2.0 interface socket and it will work?
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August 14, 2014 10:14:40 AM

Yes it's 100% compatible with no performance lost.
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