compiabilty wit sapphire r9 270x toxic edition

[Divakar Choudhary]

my current specs
fx 6100 processor
4gd corsair vengence 1600 mhz ram
gigabyte 990xa ud3 motherboard
zotac gtx 550ti graphic card
dell display 1600 x 900 resolution
cooler master extreme power plus 600 w psu
zebronic bijli 2 cabinet


i want to replace my zotac gtx 550ti by sapphire r9 270x toxic graphics card it has pci e 3.0
and my motherboard has 2.0 will their be any issue plz tell me

 

[rounakr94]

Yes it will work regardless of the version(1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 2.1, 3.0). The performance loss is very negligible. Your PSU is not a quality one and you should consider changing it.

 

[plaintuts]

Yes it will be compatible.

Just remember to fully uninstall all nvidia gpu drivers and applications before installing your new cards driver.

 

[Karadjgne]

Nvidia cards are fully backward compatible from 3.0 to 1.1. AMD cards are not. PCIe 3.0 will not work in 1.1, but a 2.0 card will. AMD 3.0 will only work in 3.0-2.0 slot. It has to do with the power efficiency system developed for PCIe 2.1 cards, AMD adopted that fully, their most powerful cards only requiring 2x 6-pin, while nvidia did not adopt the full system, so their cards can require up to an 6+8-pin. It means nvidia will still run on 1.1 power delivery, whereas AMD will not

That said, since you have a 2.0 mobo you should be fine with AMD.