pcie 2.0 for geforce gtx 1080?

[msproject251]

I currently have a pcie 2,0 motherboard and i want to get a gtx 1080, should i get a pcie 3.0 motherboard?

 

[geofelt]

No need. Any graphics performance hurt from pcie2.0 is very minor compared to the improvement of a GTX1080.
At the very least, try the new card and see what you do.
You are most likely to be more limited by your cpu, whatever it is than the pcie 2.0.

 

[Iam_Sam]

No need. Any graphics performance hurt from pcie2.0 is very minor compared to the improvement of a GTX1080.
At the very least, try the new card and see what you do.
You are most likely to be more limited by your cpu, whatever it is than the pcie 2.0.

+1 for this. PCI E 2.0 16x bandwidth should handle GTX1080 fine. I'm in the same boat... still rocking OC SandyBridge with no problems. With the GTX 1080, your rig should be good for another 3 or 4 years. Your bottleneck is probably storage.

 

[r0ss]

You think the GTX 1080 will work on my setup?
PC Specs / Intel i7 980x @4.4Ghz / Asus Ramage III Formula / Corrsair DDR3 16GB / EVGA GTX 970

 

[kaossix]

im running 1st gen i7-860 from 2009 on lga 1156 currently with gtx970 and my cpu gets max 80% usage on 4 cores 8 threads and im gettin the gtx1080 and will be rockin on with smile ^^ esp single 8pin and no need to upg psu, win win

 

[NillaHipster]

No need. Any graphics performance hurt from pcie2.0 is very minor compared to the improvement of a GTX1080.
At the very least, try the new card and see what you do.
You are most likely to be more limited by your cpu, whatever it is than the pcie 2.0.

how about the AMD fx8350? I imagine I will do ok. Thoughts?

 

[msproject251]

No need. Any graphics performance hurt from pcie2.0 is very minor compared to the improvement of a GTX1080.
At the very least, try the new card and see what you do.
You are most likely to be more limited by your cpu, whatever it is than the pcie 2.0.

how about the AMD fx8350? I imagine I will do ok. Thoughts?

It will bottleneck it, my friends 8320 oc bottlenecks the hell out of his 980 ti.

 

[NillaHipster]

No need. Any graphics performance hurt from pcie2.0 is very minor compared to the improvement of a GTX1080.
At the very least, try the new card and see what you do.
You are most likely to be more limited by your cpu, whatever it is than the pcie 2.0.

how about the AMD fx8350? I imagine I will do ok. Thoughts?

It will bottleneck it, my friends 8320 oc bottlenecks the hell out of his 980 ti.

well i found this, which seems to point towards your friend needing to check his rig out. http://www.tweaktown.com/tweakipedia/55/amd-fx-8350-powering-gtx-780-sli-vs-gtx-980-sli-at-2560x1440/index.html

 

[akesire]

I'd like to ask an AMD Phenom II X4 955 can handle the GTX 1080?

 

[PatrioticPickle]

No need. Any graphics performance hurt from pcie2.0 is very minor compared to the improvement of a GTX1080.
At the very least, try the new card and see what you do.
You are most likely to be more limited by your cpu, whatever it is than the pcie 2.0.

how about the AMD fx8350? I imagine I will do ok. Thoughts?

It will bottleneck it, my friends 8320 oc bottlenecks the hell out of his 980 ti.

well i found this, which seems to point towards your friend needing to check his rig out. http://www.tweaktown.com/tweakipedia/55/amd-fx-8350-powering-gtx-780-sli-vs-gtx-980-sli-at-2560x1440/index.html

At 1440p the CPU bottleneck is virutally eliminated. But at 1080p the 8350 will be a bottleneck. Check out this review with the 1060 and RX 480. In the CPU intensive titles the Margin between the 6700k and 8350 shrinks when at 1440p. But at 1080p the difference is much larger. http://www.hardwareunboxed.com/gtx-1060-vs-rx-480-fx-showdown/

 

[Prince_Saini]

No need. Any graphics performance hurt from pcie2.0 is very minor compared to the improvement of a GTX1080.
At the very least, try the new card and see what you do.
You are most likely to be more limited by your cpu, whatever it is than the pcie 2.0.

+1 for this. PCI E 2.0 16x bandwidth should handle GTX1080 fine. I'm in the same boat... still rocking OC SandyBridge with no problems. With the GTX 1080, your rig should be good for another 3 or 4 years. Your bottleneck is probably storage.

Are you sure?

 

[sviss]

I'd like to ask an AMD Phenom II X4 955 can handle the GTX 1080?

Well you didnt get any answer but did you try it? Because i have AMD Phenom II X4 965 and want to buy GTX 1070 😀

 

[eemarko]

I'd like to ask an AMD Phenom II X4 955 can handle the GTX 1080?

Phenom will definitely bottleneck both 1070, 1080 and probably even 1060.
I used to have Phenom x3 a long time ago and it bottlenecked HD 3850 like I didn't even upgrade my GPU from a pre-hd series card.
Upgrade your CPU and you will instantly see an improvement.

 

[akesire]

I'd like to ask an AMD Phenom II X4 955 can handle the GTX 1080?

Well you didnt get any answer but did you try it? Because i have AMD Phenom II X4 965 and want to buy GTX 1070 😀

Sorry for the late answer!

I tried and the Phenom can not handle the GPU in 100%! So, you can use it but when you want to see a 4k movie the CPU brings a slide-projector effect. The games run well but on lower resolution only... forget the 4k here, too.
And when you start a game your CPU gonna run on 100% all the time!