MSI R7970 from Tigerdirect... Wrong info?

[kairotic]

This is the quote for the MSI R7970-2PMD3GD5 Radeon HD 7970:

"The MSI R7970-2PMD3GD5 Radeon HD 7970 Video Card has a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 interface, compatible only with motherboards bearing the same interface."

The entire sentence seems wrong to me. Aren't all 7970s PCIe 3.0... and isn't PCIe backwards compatible?

Link: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1796134&CatId=3585

 

[abekl]

Yep, that is wrong info. It IS PCI 3, and is compatible with PCI 2.

 

[tigerb2b]

Thanks for bringing this up.

I will have our PM give a look to Item: M452-7970 and correct.

Dennis Winkowski
Account Manager
866-310-8183
dennis.winkowski@tigerdirect.com

 

[kairotic]

Best answer selected by kairotic.