PCI-Express 3.0 GPU Works on 2.0 MotherBoard

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I am searching for a week, and I am getting confused.
I am going to get an R7 250 1G DDR5, but it's PCI EX 3.0 and my motherboard is 2.0, is this GPU going to work, if yes, how is it going to be?
Thanks, any answer will be really appreciated.
 
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Yes, PCIe 3.0 graphics cards are backwards compatible with motherboards that have only PCIe 2.0. Your R7 250 will work with your motherboard.

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Should be fine. Usually 3.0 and 2.0 are compatible, for the most part only difference is 3.0 has more speed, but can always go slower. As for how it's going to be:

Better than any IGP for the most part.
Not as good as many of the other 260, 260x, 270, 270x, 280, 285, 280x, 290, 290x, etc.

In other words, it is a -low- end GPU.
 

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