PCIe Versions ~ GPU Question

[Xiauj]

Hey all  Quick question: 

Whilst in the process of planning my PC Upgrade (The components) at the moment/currently.. I was reading the specs on my mobo and wanted an opinion or two on this, not sure if my GPU and Mobo will bottleneck majorly or at all.

So, my motherboard currently, is this: L I N K

And the GPU I plan to get, is this: L I N K <- This or a 1060.

 

Are they compatible? The reason I ask is because I think my mobo has PCIe 2.0 x16 and was wondering if that would result in any overall System/Game based Performance/FPS loss??

And yes I know.... CPU+GPU possible bottlenecking, I personally don't think there will be much, but, I dunno. 

 

 

Thanks! 

~Xiauj

[PCGeek]

At PCIe 2.0 x16 which is roughly equivalent to PCIe 3.0 x8 at about 8GB/s bandwidth. The drop in frame rates is minimal.  I have PCIe 3.0 and I run my GPU at x8 because my Noctua NH-U14S CPU cooler comes too close to it in the top slot which runs at x16.

[Xiauj]

4 minutes ago, PCGeek said:

The drop in frame rates is minimal. 

Oh good  

 

5 minutes ago, PCGeek said:

I have PCIe 3.0 and I run my GPU at x8 because my Noctua NH-U14S CPU cooler comes too close to it in the top slot which runs at x16.

I hope to upgrade the CPU-Cooler, GPU, Case and PSU, I sure hope my cooler doesn't come too close to the GPU either lol

[Vode]

2 hours ago, Xiauj said:

*bla*

Thanks! 

~Xiauj

Don't worry PCIe Gen 2 16x is more than enough for Graphics cards!

 

It's only server workloads and specific apps that really need the extra bandwidth from PCIe Gen 3. As a consumer you're fine with Gen 2 really. Almost no difference for gaming and the PCIe is backwards compatible so you can drop in PCIe Gen 3 cards as well.

[Xiauj]

1 minute ago, Vode said:

Don't worry PCIe Gen 2 16x is more than enough for Graphics cards!

 

It's only server workloads and specific apps that really need the extra bandwidth from PCIe Gen 3. As a consumer you're fine with Gen 2 really. Almost no difference for gaming and the PCIe is backwards compatible so you can drop in PCIe Gen 3 cards as well.

Is the only major difference between Gen(s) 2&3 the bandwidth? and that's it?

Sweet!

 

Hopefully no FPS loss occurs, that's the only thing I was concerned about when I saw "_{PCI Gen 2 x16}" on the specs-list lol

[Vode]

54 minutes ago, Xiauj said:

Is the only major difference between Gen(s) 2&3 the bandwidth? and that's it?

Sweet!

 

Hopefully no FPS loss occurs, that's the only thing I was concerned about when I saw "_{PCI Gen 2 x16}" on the specs-list lol

Jup. Don#t worry too much about it.

 

 

[Xiauj]

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At PCIe 2.0 x16 which is roughly equivalent to PCIe 3.0 x8 at about 8GB/s bandwidth. The drop in frame rates is minimal.  I have PCIe 3.0 and I run my GPU at x8 because my Noctua NH-U14S CPU cooler comes too close to it in the top slot which runs at x16.

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Don't worry PCIe Gen 2 16x is more than enough for Graphics cards!

 

It's only server workloads and specific apps that really need the extra bandwidth from PCIe Gen 3. As a consumer you're fine with Gen 2 really. Almost no difference for gaming and the PCIe is backwards compatible so you can drop in PCIe Gen 3 cards as well