Asus 680 gtx full 3.0 bandwidth?

[StNolly]

I was looking to get the 3 pci slot asus 680 from new egg and was upgrading from 550 ti SLI, and was wondering if the asus 680 uses a full 2.0 pci slot, I know it's 3.0 but my mobo is only 2.0, yes I know it's compatible I'm just wondering if the 680 would preform better on a 3.0 or if no current market gpu's even use 2.0 to its full bandwidth, thanks for all the help!!!

 

[ASHISH65]

No current available gpu uses full bandwith.there will be no performance loss if gtx 680 plug in pci 2.0.

 

[Guest]

^ yep

 

[bigshootr8]

^ +2 you lose very little from not having a 3.0 port or ivy bridge CPU to push it.

 

[manofchalk]

As long as your plugging into at least an 8x slot it would be fine. Even the most powerful cards don't need more than PCI-2 8x to run at full capability.

 

[StNolly]

Yea it is x16 so I should be alright, I just didn't wanna get the card and have it suck, thanks for being an awesome community guys and for replying fast! Gota love this forum

 

[StNolly]

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