[SOLVED] Do I need to change a motherboard ?

[foghus]

Hello everyone ,
So I thought about buying an RTX 2080 and my motherboard is supporting max PCI -E 3.0 x8 .
The graphics card ports are PCI -E x16 .
Do I need to buy a new motherboard ?
If the answer is yes , can you please recommend about a good one ?
(BTW the model of the graphics card I want is : GeForce RTX™ 2080 WINDFORCE 8G)




thanks allot I appreciate any answer.

 

[timbroslice]

No, you wont NEED to change it.

The performance difference between 16x and 8x is negligible.

Source: https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2488-pci-e-3-x8-vs-x16-performance-impact-on-gpus

 

[feelinfroggy777]

It will work fine at x8 with PICe 3.0

What motherboard and CPU do you have? If you have an old platform, you will be wasting money on a highend GPU like the 2080.

 

[foghus]

No, you wont NEED to change it.

The performance difference between 16x and 8x is negligible.

Source: https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2488-pci-e-3-x8-vs-x16-performance-impact-on-gpus

thanks you for answering , but it isn't what I men't ,
my question is if the grhapics card will work on an a motherboard that supports max PCI -E x8 when the card is PCI -E x16.

 

[jay32267]

thanks you for answering , but it isn't what I men't ,
my question is if the grhapics card will work on an a motherboard that supports max PCI -E x8 when the card is PCI -E x16.

There is hardly any difference.
https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2488-pci-e-3-x8-vs-x16-performance-impact-on-gpus

 

[foghus]

It will work fine.

What motherboard and CPU do you have? If you have an old platform, you will be wasting money on a highend GPU like the 2080.

my cpu is i8 8700k and I don't remember what is my motherboard name but I do remember that it is support max 8pins graphics card
(If it is important for the discussion I will find the name ) .

 

[timbroslice]

thanks you for answering , but it isn't what I men't ,
my question is if the grhapics card will work on an a motherboard that supports max PCI -E x8 when the card is PCI -E x16.

No problem

And I wasn't clear enough, yes it will work but at technically reduced bandwidth

 

[foghus]

No problem

And I wasn't clear enough, yes it will work but at technically reduced bandwidth

Ok , thanks you bro😉

 

[feelinfroggy777]

my cpu is i8 8700k and I don't remember what is my motherboard name but I do remember that it is support max 8pins graphics card
(If it is important for the discussion I will find the name ) .

I think you are misreading something. I think your motherboard will run at 16x with PCIe 3.0. I dont know a board that supports a 8700k that does not run the GPU at x16 without having multiple NVMe drives installed. Your system is fine.

 

[foghus]

I think you are misreading something. I think your motherboard will run at 16x with PCIe 3.0. I dont know a board that supports a 8700k that does not. Your system is fine.

you are probably right thanks you anyway

 

[timbroslice]

Ok , thanks you bro😉

Also, I know you're getting other replies about this, but ANY motherboard running with an 8700k will support for 16x bandwidth.