Does the Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 have pci3.0

[Liam Michel]

I am looking at getting a gtx 1060 or a rx 480 very soon for my pc to run games like overwatch at max settings. I was wondering whether the motherboard named above has the necessary ports to use either of those graphics cards. I read somewhere that the cards support pro 2 motherboards so im guessing it will but I just wanted to check.
Thanks for any feedback

 

[n0ns3ns3]

yes it will support the mentioned cards

 

[Luminary]

More specifically (just so you know), your motherboard has PCIe 2.0 x16 lanes.

As n0ns3ns3 affirmed, however, your board will still support those modern cards without any significant difference in performance from PCIe 3.0.

 

[elbert]

Both video cards are supported on the 970. AMD supports PCIE 2.0 and up while Nvidia supports PCIE 1.1 and up.