- Sep 30, 2016
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Hello,
I'm currently in the process of building another PC, and basically I've run into an issue where the build is not giving a display on my monitor. I have an Asus M5A97 R2.0 mobo, running a Gigabyte GTX 970 (https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GeForce-GTX-XTREME-GAMING/dp/B01842BJL4 for reference).
I was just on the Asus support line and they, at first, thought that since my GPU has PCIE x16 3.0, and the mobo supports PCIE x16 2.0, that they are thus not compatible. I then read (and subsequently the Asus support agreed) that the GPU is backward compatible and should be OK.
I wanted to test this GPU in my current setup (Asus Z97-AR) to see if it works, but am not sure if I have to replace my current GPU (also GTX 970, Nvidia), or if I can just add it into my other PCIE x16 3.0 slot without removing my current GPU.
Tl;DR, I have a second GPU I want to test, and am not sure if I have to replace the GPU in my current computer with this GPU to see if it works, or if I can just add it into my computer so there are two GPU's.
Thank you for any assistance, and let me know if there are any things I should do beforehand or whatnot.
I'm currently in the process of building another PC, and basically I've run into an issue where the build is not giving a display on my monitor. I have an Asus M5A97 R2.0 mobo, running a Gigabyte GTX 970 (https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GeForce-GTX-XTREME-GAMING/dp/B01842BJL4 for reference).
I was just on the Asus support line and they, at first, thought that since my GPU has PCIE x16 3.0, and the mobo supports PCIE x16 2.0, that they are thus not compatible. I then read (and subsequently the Asus support agreed) that the GPU is backward compatible and should be OK.
I wanted to test this GPU in my current setup (Asus Z97-AR) to see if it works, but am not sure if I have to replace my current GPU (also GTX 970, Nvidia), or if I can just add it into my other PCIE x16 3.0 slot without removing my current GPU.
Tl;DR, I have a second GPU I want to test, and am not sure if I have to replace the GPU in my current computer with this GPU to see if it works, or if I can just add it into my computer so there are two GPU's.
Thank you for any assistance, and let me know if there are any things I should do beforehand or whatnot.
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