New Graphics Card

[DaveR64]

Hello all and Merry Christmas,hope this makes sense. I am buying a new graphics card but my Mobo is a PCI-e2, I know I can run a PCI-e3 card in the slot but my question is, will games benefit from a new PCI-e3 graphics card in the PCI-e2 slot. The card I am looking at is running 2 GB of GDDR5 ram.

Cheers

 

[Vetsku]

Yes, you can run a PCIE 3.0 card in a 2.0 slot. And not really the difference in performance is very very little.

 

[DaveR64]

Ok thanks for the answer, so really you need a mobo with a PCI-e3 slot then. Ah well start saving.

Cheers

 

[Vetsku]

Ok thanks for the answer, so really you need a mobo with a PCI-e3 slot then. Ah well start saving.

Cheers

No it can be a PCie1 2 or 3 slot. Everything pretty much works the same.

 

[DaveR64]

Ok, but if I want to notice a difference in gaming I would need a mobo with a PCI-e3 slot with to use my new graphics card, because if I put the new card in the PCI-e2 slot it won't make much difference to my game graphics.

 

[maxalge]

Ok, but if I want to notice a difference in gaming I would need a mobo with a PCI-e3 slot with to use my new graphics card, because if I put the new card in the PCI-e2 slot it won't make much difference to my game graphics.

no


if you want to notice a difference in gaming you get a stronger card or a better cpu


the slot itself, wont make much of a difference 2.0 x16 is good enough for any card

 

[DaveR64]

Ok thanks.

Happy new year