Question Are RTX 3000 series cards compatible with my motherboard ?

[mrjx81]

I have an Asus Z97-K motherboard with PCIe 3.0

Now I want to upgrade graphic card.

I'm thinking to install a 3060 /3080 gc.

Do you think they are compatible?

 

[SorryBella]

with pcie 3.0.

PCIE is a backwards and forwards compatible protocol.
You can use PCIE 4.0 GPU on a PCIE 3.0 slot, and vice versa.

Now on that being a good buy is another question entirely. What's the CPU you're going to pair it with? What's your other system's specification? Your resolution and framerate target, with some of your mainstay titles (games you play almost every day) for examples of games you play?

 

[turtletarget111]

PCIe is backwards compatible, meaning you can put an RTX 3060 or 3080 into a PCIe 3.0 slot. The better question is should you. The answer is a resounding no. If you bought that card, both the outdated CPU and outdated express slot will severely limit the performance of the graphics card. Even the newest CPUs that utilized LGA 1150 were manufactured as far back as 2015. That's some dated hardware that will bottleneck any new parts you install. I recommend you either upgrade your system entirely that can better utilize 3000 series cards, or buy a graphics card that is more in line with your current hardware. You might want to consider going with a card in the 1000 series. The GTX 1080 was a very capable card that uses PCIe 3.0. Alternatively, you can buy the 3000 series card now if you plan on building a new system perhaps later this year. Just know it will be severely limited by the bandwidth of PCIe 2.0.

 

[mrjx81]

I have to use it not for gaming but for a render software as D5 render that works only for this kind of gc.

I just want to buy this gc so as soon as possible I want to update also my MB.

With my actual gc NVIDIA QUADRO K5200 render software (D5) doesn't works...

This is a secondary pc that I'm updating step by step.

I need at now that software start. Most of work with that software I will do with my laptop...

 

[SorryBella]

The answer is a resounding no. If you bought that card, both the outdated CPU and outdated express slot will severely limit the performance of the graphics card.

The 3060Ti runs fine on 3.0x16, the difference is minute enough to be unnoticeable because something else will bottleneck you. But yeah, the 1080Ti or 2080Ti would be a better buy if OP needs this card to work long term on a Haswell system because both are cheaper or at cost respectively on used market.

But if the application actually uses RT cores as claimed, the 3060 or 3060Ti would be the minimum to me. But I have no experience with D5 personally so ill pass that to others that do.

 

[mrjx81]

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[green.masood]

I have a z490-p which a 3060ti has been installed on it
It,s absolutely compatible and no issues I was encountered.
The difference is less than 1-2 percent.