PCIe 4.0 GPU in 3.0 motherboard slot

[Plumbum]

Hi all.
Now i want upgrade all my PC, but i read WTF things...
http://http://www.tweaktown.com/news/46190/pcie-4-feature-16gt-new-connector-arrive-2017/index.html
If you read it... here is written: "PCIe 4.0 will usher in a new connector, but it is backwards compatible with PCIe 3.0 cards. But, PCIe 4.0-based cards will not work with the old PCIe 3.0 ports."

Somebody can me explain this? It is only speculation or today high end motherboards are slowly End of Life??? 🙁

 

[Nuckles_56]

You will be fine, all that it means is that a current motherboard will not be able to use a PCIe 4.0 GPU when they arrive in 2017, instead you will need a PCIe 4.0 compatible motherboard

 

[rhysiam]

In fact, the final specification is scheduled in 2017, which means that actual shipping designs are likely to be even later still. Beyond that, remember that graphics card manufacturers are interested in shipping as many products as they can. It's going to be years and years until a large percentage of the market has PCIe 4 capable boards, so you can bet that there will still be plenty of PCIe 3 cards around. It'll be interesting to see how the manufacturers play it, but I wouldn't be surprised to see both PCIe3 & PCIe4 versions of the same cards for a while, until enough of the market shifts to PCIe 4 and they can stop supporting the older platform.

This is purely speculation on my part, but I can't imagine having PCIe 3 only is going to be an issue within the next 5 years.