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sprycel
By sprycel
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No. Current GPU's can't even saturate a PCIE 2.0 x16 connection. You're fine

That time I saved Linus' WiFi pass from appearing on YouTube: 

A sudden Linus re-appears : http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/390793-important-dailymotion-account-still-active/

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hi guys i would like to buy a r9 270 but my motherboard has only pci express 2.0 do i get a significant decrease in performance?

forgive me for my bad english but i am italian

not that much. as far as i can see. you only get around 2-5 fps extra for pcie 3.

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That shouldn't be a any problem. PCIe 2.0 isn't that old compared to 3.0. 

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