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Asus Strix GTX 960 4Gb and B550 Motherboards

ckit
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Does anyone know if a GTX 960 (PCi Express 3.0) video card and AMD B550 motherboards (PCI Express 4.0) are compatible?

Windows 10 Pro x64 with Open Shell

Vivaldi x64, HWInfo64, Macrium Reflect Free, SoftMaker Office, XYplorer pro

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Yeah pci express is backwards compatible but it just means it won't run at the gen 4 speeds

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600

GPU: Gigabyte gtx 1660 Super oc 6g
Mobo:MSI b450 tomahawk max

RAM: 32gb ddr4 lpx vengeance 3200mhz

Storage: WD sn550 1tb, Baracuda 2TB HDD (*In use), Hitachi 2tb HDD, WD 0.5tb HDD (both HDD knackered)

PSU: cxm 450

Case: Corsair Carbide Series

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As long a it has a PCIe slot, it will work. 

Just now, KGGaming said:

Yeah pci express is backwards compatible but it just means it won't run at the gen 4 speeds

The 2080ti runs to nearly its fullest potential on PCIe gen2 so gen4 for GPUs isn’t necessary. 

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Alright, thanks everyone!

Windows 10 Pro x64 with Open Shell

Vivaldi x64, HWInfo64, Macrium Reflect Free, SoftMaker Office, XYplorer pro

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