PCI 3.0 Card in PCI 2.1 Motherboard

DjSt3rios

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Hello. All decent graphics card now run on PCI 3.0, but my motherboard support PCI 2.1. I heard that These cards run on PCI 2.1, but are slower. Is that true? If it is, Is there a big speed difference?
 

owens5054

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i have a pci 2.0 and my card supports 3.0 and it runs just fine its just you have to make sure your motherboard has a x16 slot for the GPU