D drunkdad88 Reputable Feb 9, 2016 1 0 4,510 Feb 9, 2016 #1 I want to buy a new graphics card for my PC, but I don't know if I can. My PCI express is 2.0x16 and the graphics card i want is 3.0x16 will i be fine?
I want to buy a new graphics card for my PC, but I don't know if I can. My PCI express is 2.0x16 and the graphics card i want is 3.0x16 will i be fine?
Gam3r01 Titan Jan 12, 2013 25,417 976 115,440 Feb 9, 2016 Solution #2 PCIe protocols are backwards compatible, there is no issue there. Upvote 0 Downvote Solution
theyeti87 Honorable Sep 15, 2012 1,763 1 12,460 Feb 9, 2016 #3 Depending on what GPU you are looking into buying, it could be overkill for the rest of your system and be bottlenecked. What is your full system specs? Upvote 0 Downvote
Depending on what GPU you are looking into buying, it could be overkill for the rest of your system and be bottlenecked. What is your full system specs?