Would an Ati Radeon 4870 work ok with an Gigabyte EP41 - UD3L?

BadPeteNo

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Probably?

pcie is supposed to be backwards/forwards compatible, but it isn't really. Version 2.1 has different power requirements and brakes the chain. The card is 2.0 and from what I can tell the board is 1.0, so it SHOULD work, but I can't say for certain.