Will a PCIe-3.0X16 card work in a PCI ExpressX16 slot?

klrman

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I have a gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 motherboard which only has a regular PCI Express x16 slot. It does not mention 2.0 or 3.0 so I am pretty sure it is not 2.0 or 3.0.

I want to put in an EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 but that card says PCI Express 3.0 x16. Would it still work and fit on my motherboard?