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So the graphics Card I will be using is the MSI R9 390

I was wondering whether pcie 2.0 will slow down the speed of the card or not????

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No 2.0 or 3.0 doesn't make any difference

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There is no difference in single GPU performance between 2.0 or 3.0. So... No.

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So the graphics Card I will be using is the MSI R9 390

I was wondering whether pcie 2.0 will slow down the speed of the card or not????

Not at all, you can even run 8X on 2.0 on AMD cards, Nvidia requires a minimum of 8X on 3.0 (or 16X on 2.0) but it hasn't shown to impact performance at all.

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No 2.0 or 3.0 doesn't make any difference

 

 

No, there's no difference in gaming.

 

 

There is no difference in single GPU performance between 2.0 or 3.0. So... No.

 

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Not at all, you can even run 8X on 2.0 on AMD cards, Nvidia requires a minimum of 8X on 3.0 (or 16X on 2.0) but it hasn't shown to impact performance at all.

 

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I'm running a 980Ti on PCI-E 2.0 X8 so no.

Open your eyes and break your chains. Console peasantry is just a state of mind.

 

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Not at all, you can even run 8X on 2.0 on AMD cards, Nvidia requires a minimum of 8X on 3.0 (or 16X on 2.0) but it hasn't shown to impact performance at all.

 

Nope running X8 on 2.0 IDK why

 

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Not at all, you can even run 8X on 2.0 on AMD cards, Nvidia requires a minimum of 8X on 3.0 (or 16X on 2.0) but it hasn't shown to impact performance at all.

That's not correct. You can run AMD or NVIDIA cards in PCIe 1.0 x1 if you wanted to.

NVIDIA requires for SLI links at x8/x8 or more. Generation doesn't matter. PCIe 1.0 x8/x8 is allowed. PCIe 3.0 x4/x4 is not.

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Not at all, you can even run 8X on 2.0 on AMD cards, Nvidia requires a minimum of 8X on 3.0 (or 16X on 2.0) but it hasn't shown to impact performance at all.

I can't see whyy amd cards would only need 8x because they're still going tto need to transfer  a hella lot of data

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I can't see whyy amd cards would only need 8x because they're still going tto need to transfer  a hella lot of data

They just don't, neither does Nvidia tho, got confused over SLI requisites, thought it applied all the time. The point was, his card is compatible...

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    MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X
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