Pci express 3.0 compatiable with 2.0

ciaranmc2011

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Hello everyone i have a gigabyte motherboard which has a pci 2.0 socket but the GPU i am looking is a pci express 3.0 card will it still work. By the way its a gtx 660ti
 

djscribbles

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yes. You are fine, the slots/cards are backward/forward compatible. It's also worth noting that PCIE2.0 bandwidth won't bottleneck any single (or even double) card config yet; so don't feel like your mobo is slowing your card down either.
 

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Thanks alot @DjScribbles