Pci E 3.0 Card Work With 2.0 Motherboard?

[m_sargis]

Can I insert PCI EXPRES 3.0 generation videocards in GA-Z68XP-UD3P (rev. 1.0) for example GTX 650 TI BOOST

[JamesDwho]

Yes you can, PCI-E 3.0 cards are backwards compatible with PCI-E 2.0 slots, you just get a slight reduction in bandwidth

[m_sargis]

thank you very much

[Chivpcgamer]

Yes, I don't think there are any cards that use all the bandwidth of pcie 2.0, 650 ti boost doesn't. I think sli titans do though!

[KyonCoraeL]

It even works in a PCI-E 1.0 board :D

[TechFan@ic]

PCIe is backwards compatible, you can use a PCIe 3.0 card in a PCIe 1.1 slot & a PCIE 2.0 card in a PCIe 3.0 and so on.

[TheRisingMyth]

Some boards will support PCIE 3.0 if you update the BIOS and install the appropriate CPU on them.

In this case i'm talking about older chipsets like H61 running Ivy Bridge CPUs, it actually can be done.

Bare in mind that you'll lose half of the bandwith going from one iteration to the previous, and honestly the impact on performance is debatable, some games/cards do need the bandwith, some don't... it really depends.

[m_sargis]

my motherboard GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3P (rev. 1.0) has PCI 2.0................ I want to buy GTX 650 TI BOOST....

[Shauny]

yes

[TheRisingMyth]

There's probably a PCIE 3.0 update waiting for you there.

 

Knock yourself out. :-)

 

And yeah i missed the whole point of this topic, of course it's backwards compatible, no worries.

[XiaoPigs]

Yes it it is backwards compatible and you shouldn't worry about the PCI Express 2.0 slot bottlenecking your 650ti boost, as it won't even come close to using up all the bandwith so go ahead and get it

[EChondo]

[mgsstar]

Yes it is backwards compatible so you will be able to use your PCI-E 3.0 card on a PCI-E 2.0 slot. Using PCI-E 2.0 will lose around 3 fps in games which isn't really noticeable imo: http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/07/18/pci_express_20_vs_30_gpu_gaming_performance_review/