Does a new gfx card work on my old PCIe motherboard?

[ToddeSwe]

Hi!

I have an old motherboard with just PCIe and not PCI Express 2.0 x16, can i buy a new gfx card that says 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 and still being able to use it?

Regards:

ToddeSwe

 

[Maziar]

Hello and welcome to the forums
What's your motherboard's model? because almost all PCI-E x16 motherboards support PCI-E 2.0 cards(with the exception of few and old boards)

 

[ToddeSwe]

Hi and thanks for the quick reply, my old mobo is a MSI K9N Neo E7260v1.0.

ToddeSwe

 

[Dominaz1]

You could have trouble if you buy a Pci Express 2.1 (most of ati 5000 series), a pci express 2.0 won´t cause you any trouble.

 

[ToddeSwe]

I was thinking of buying: Gainward GeForce GT240 1GB PhysX CUDA, does it work? And does this meens that i don't get thoose specs that are given for this card when i do not have PCIe 2.0?

ToddeSwe

 

[ToddeSwe]

It must be better than my old GeForce 8600 GTS anyway?

 

[Dominaz1]

Yes, The GT 240 DDR 5 (DDR5 don´t forgot it), would be much better than your old 8600 GTS.
You could probably get 150 % more performance (in fps) in games like crysis.

 

[ToddeSwe]

Yes, The GT 240 DDR 5 (DDR5 don´t forgot it), would be much better than your old 8600 GTS.
You could probably get 150 % more performance (in fps) in games like crysis.

Thanks! Now my son will be pleased!