Pcie x16 Graphics cards
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AdamT233 :
thanks guys cause i was looking at 3.0 pcie graphics cards just wondering if they would fit 
Ohhh that's a different thing.
PCIe graphics cards that are 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 will all fit in a x16 slot, but it depends on which is the bottleneck.
Cards that are 1.0 are waaaaaay old, if you find one, pop it on eBay, I bet it'll go for a fair amount.
As are the boards.
Cards that are 2.0 are about a generation or two ago, still fairly recent. They will work in a 1.0 slot at 1.0 speed, and, of course, a 2.0 slot at 2.0 speed.
They will also work in a 3.0 slot - at 2.0 speed.
A faster slot just means more bandwidth, doesn't make the card any faster per-se.
A 3.0 card will work in 1.0,2.0 and 3.0 slots in the same way. Again...
How do you mean fit? The GPU or the board?
A standard PCI slot will only work with PCI cards, but it's an old standard that's almost non-existant on boards these days.
You can usually tell these apart because they're slightly bigger, more square, and lack any kind of locking mechanism on the end of the slot.
Almost every graphics card will be PCIe x16 these days. This means that they go in PCIe x16 slots.
Now, it's important to remember that the slot itself doesn't essentially have to be running at 'said x16, x8 slots are a thing.
PCIe x1 and x4 slots are smaller, and won't fit the card. Although it has been shown a few times by people sawing the end off them to put a card in there that they will work. I don't see the point in running any card below x8 though.
Almost every board will have a x16 slot, at least one of them.
Finally, most of the time PCIe is interchangeable. So for example, a PCIe x1 soundcard will probably work in a x8 or x16 slot.
It varies from board to board.
Bottom line is, if you bought a board within the last say... 4 years at least, and spent more than 2 pounds on it, there's a damn high chance it has a x16 slot.
A standard PCI slot will only work with PCI cards, but it's an old standard that's almost non-existant on boards these days.
You can usually tell these apart because they're slightly bigger, more square, and lack any kind of locking mechanism on the end of the slot.
Almost every graphics card will be PCIe x16 these days. This means that they go in PCIe x16 slots.
Now, it's important to remember that the slot itself doesn't essentially have to be running at 'said x16, x8 slots are a thing.
PCIe x1 and x4 slots are smaller, and won't fit the card. Although it has been shown a few times by people sawing the end off them to put a card in there that they will work. I don't see the point in running any card below x8 though.
Almost every board will have a x16 slot, at least one of them.
Finally, most of the time PCIe is interchangeable. So for example, a PCIe x1 soundcard will probably work in a x8 or x16 slot.
It varies from board to board.
Bottom line is, if you bought a board within the last say... 4 years at least, and spent more than 2 pounds on it, there's a damn high chance it has a x16 slot.
AdamT233 :
thanks guys cause i was looking at 3.0 pcie graphics cards just wondering if they would fit
Ohhh that's a different thing.
PCIe graphics cards that are 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 will all fit in a x16 slot, but it depends on which is the bottleneck.
Cards that are 1.0 are waaaaaay old, if you find one, pop it on eBay, I bet it'll go for a fair amount.
As are the boards.
Cards that are 2.0 are about a generation or two ago, still fairly recent. They will work in a 1.0 slot at 1.0 speed, and, of course, a 2.0 slot at 2.0 speed.
They will also work in a 3.0 slot - at 2.0 speed.
A faster slot just means more bandwidth, doesn't make the card any faster per-se.
A 3.0 card will work in 1.0,2.0 and 3.0 slots in the same way. Again, it would be which is the bottleneck. A modern card in a 1.0 slot for example would work, but it would be heavily limited by the speed of that board.
The 2.0 interface hasn't been exhausted yet. Even the fastest card today probably wouldn't reach the limits of a 2.0 slot.
So in short, PCIe generations just increase headroom. 2.0 is still fine. 3.0 is better. But you won't see any differences between the two for another few generations yet. Eventually the 2.0 interface will become a bottleneck as the cards get faster.
Scampi
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Yeah,
the 3.0 part is the technology the motherboard/card has/utilizes. It refers to the bandwidth/speed it can transfer data.
So with a PCI-Express 3.0 graphics card, ideally you need a motherboard that's PCI-E lanes are PCI-E 3.0.
Thankfully though, PCI-E 3.0 is backwards compatible with the older PCI-E technology. But they're is some performance changes as you'd expect.
the 3.0 part is the technology the motherboard/card has/utilizes. It refers to the bandwidth/speed it can transfer data.
So with a PCI-Express 3.0 graphics card, ideally you need a motherboard that's PCI-E lanes are PCI-E 3.0.
Thankfully though, PCI-E 3.0 is backwards compatible with the older PCI-E technology. But they're is some performance changes as you'd expect.
Scuderia980
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The 750 ti is a great entry range graphics card , and can run most games on low-medium settings. I used to have a 550 ti and was great if your not that fussed about your graphical settings
~Scuderia980
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