R9 290x Vapor-X Tri-X GDDR5 Graphics Card 4GB Compatibility
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glamdringfh
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- Dec 23, 2013
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Yes, that beautiful graphics card is compatible with the MSI 970 Gaming motherboard.
The card requires 1 PCIe x16 lane, and your mobo has 2 x16 PCIe 2.0 slots. The card technically runs PCIe 3.0, but it is backwards compatible with PCIe 2.0 and you won't notice any performance hit.
The card requires 1 PCIe x16 lane, and your mobo has 2 x16 PCIe 2.0 slots. The card technically runs PCIe 3.0, but it is backwards compatible with PCIe 2.0 and you won't notice any performance hit.
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