How mutch power will i lose inserting RADEON HD7770 1GB in 2.0 pce

Edzha

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Hello i will buy video card RADEON HD7770 1GB witch is made for pce 3.0 but my motherboard dosnt have pce 3.0 it has 2.0 Motherboard =>> ASROCK A75 PRO4/MVP so the question is how mutch power will i lose and will i feel it
 
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None at all assuming you're running PCIe 2.0 at x16. That's more than enough bandwidth. Benchmark show mid-high end cards running fine at PCIe 2.0 at x8... so x16 for the 7770 is more than enough.

frag06

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Even high-end cards can't use all the bandwidth of PCI-E 2.0 at x16. You'll be fine.