will 3.0 PCIe card will work in 2.0 slot?
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aznricepuff
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- Oct 17, 2013
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Yes, the card is compatible. It will simply run at PCI-e 2.0x16 instead of 3.0x16. Theoretical bandwidth will be halved but you will not notice any difference in games - they just don't come close to saturating 2.0x16 anyway.
InfernalSurge
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Yep, it's backward compatible. My PCI-E 3.0 is running at 2.0 and everything's working fine. Like aznricepuff said, it won't have any noticeable impact on performance in games.
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