PCIe 2.0 x16 Graphics Cards?

Thxmas · Aug 9, 2016

I have a prebuilt PC, and im looking to upgrade the graphics, but it only has a PCIe 2.0 x16 and a PCIe, is there any graphics cards other than a Quadro or a 710-730 that it will support? Only thing i've found so far is a GTX 750ti. My Processor is the AMD A6-6310. I have 16GB of DDR3 RAM.

My Motherboard is the DAFT 3L Kelia MB 12088-1M.

Im also fitting it with a 550W Power Supply.

Woohoopy · Aug 9, 2016

Hey there,
Don't worry, any GPU that is labelled as "PCIe 3.0 x 16" will work just fine in conjunction with a 550w power supply in a PCIe 2.0 x 16 slot. The performance loss of using a PCIe 3.0 card in a 2.0 slot is virtually irrelevant for most consumers (about 0.5 fps).

Name a modern card, and it'll most likely work.

I do recommend staying away from Quadro unless you do exclusively 3D rendering/modeling. If you plan on playing games, a good GPU for that CPU would be something like a GTX 960, which run on ebay for ~$99.

If you don't like eBay, than a GTX 760 or 950ti would work just as well, just make sure you get it for less than $100, otherwise you're being ripped-off.

Cheers mate, hope this helps.

Thxmas · Aug 9, 2016

Woohoopy :

Hey there,
Don't worry, any GPU that is labelled as "PCIe 3.0 x 16" will work just fine in conjunction with a 550w power supply in a PCIe 2.0 x 16 slot. The performance loss of using a PCIe 3.0 card in a 2.0 slot is virtually irrelevant for most consumers.

Name a modern card, and it'll most likely work.

I do recommend staying away from Quadro unless you do exclusively 3D rendering/modeling. If you plan on playing games, a good GPU for that CPU would be something like a GTX 960, which run on ebay for ~$99.

If you don't like eBay, than a GTX 760 or 950ti would work just as well, just make sure you get it for less than $100, otherwise you're being ripped-off.

Cheers mate, hope this helps.

Thank You

Woohoopy · Aug 9, 2016

Thxmas :

No problem, if you feel like that answered your question, feel free to select it as the answer for the next guy with the same inquiry.

Cheers mate, good luck with your new graphics card.

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