PCIe 3.0 GPU on a PCIe 2.0 slot?

Carango772

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May 17, 2015
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Hi guys.
Someone is offering me a pretty decent bundle, an fx 6300 with a gigabyte GA-78LMT for 80 bucks, the parts are almost new and im looking for a cheap gaming pc, but i want to use an gtx 960 on it and the board only has a single PCIe 2.0 slot, while the GTX 960 is PCIe 3.0, i know it should work but will i lose any performance?

thanks in advance!
 
Solution
Performance difference is almost non existent, and the small differences only become apparent in SLI/Crossfire of really high end cards.

You'll be fine.

KKAW

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It will but it shouldn't be too noticeable since the GPU is not high end.