Pcie 3 + 2?

[curweed]

Hi,

I have a single gtx 770. And was hoping to get another. I have a good enough and powerful enough power supply and all I was wondering is if I could put one 770, the master, in a pcie 3.0 slot and the salve in a 2.0. I have also checked and I am happy that they will only run at 8x. Linus helped with that. The loss 3 or so frames so it doesn't matter to me.

So yeah, am I able to put one 770 in a pcie 3.0 slot and the other in a 2.0. If I can what effect will it have if any.

Thanks

Curweed

[Godlygamer23]

I doubt it'll have any performance effect, but if it does work, I imagine the PCIe 3.0 slot will back down to 2.0.

[SkilledRebuilds]

If the PCIE 2.0 is a 4x slot SLI won't work and the SLI will be disabled, you need a PCIE 2.0 8x slot or a PCIE 3.0 4x for the second card.

[Godlygamer23]

If the PCIE 2.0 is a 4x slot SLI won't work and the SLI will be disabled, you need a PCIE 2.0 8x slot or a PCIE 3.0 4x for the second card.

I'm pretty sure NVIDIA's requirement for x8 slot goes for 3.0 as well. If that's true, PCIe 3.0 x4 wouldn't work either.

[Kukielka]

I'm pretty sure NVIDIA's requirement for x8 slot goes for 3.0 as well. If that's true, PCIe 3.0 x4 wouldn't work either.

This.

[SkilledRebuilds]

I'm pretty sure NVIDIA's requirement for x8 slot goes for 3.0 as well. If that's true, PCIe 3.0 x4 wouldn't work either.

Pretty sure it isnt actually, there would be a LOT more threads on this if that was the case.

You CAN run SLI with PCIE 2.0 8x/8x so thats PCIE 3.0 4x/4x

If it didnt work on PCIE 3.0 4x it wouldn't work with PCIE 2.0 8x