When did motherboards start having PCIE 3.0?

[seeingeyegod]

Asking for a friend.... do any core2 era motherboards have PCIE 3.0 slots or do they all only have 2.0?

 

[andy_Man]

Moot point PCIE 2.0 will not bottleneck any modern graphics cards.
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Impact-of-PCI-E-Speed-on-Gaming-Performance-518/

 

[seeingeyegod]

That isn't what I asked. It isn't for running games. It is for a software developer that wants an old machine with PCIE 3.0

 

[andy_Man]

I am curious why does a software developer care?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

When did motherboards start having PCIE 3.0?
PCI Express 3.0 Base specification revision 3.0 was made available in November 2010, after multiple delays.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express

 

[logainofhades]

I think Z68 boards were the first to support PCI-E 3.0, but had to have an Ivy Bridge CPU to take advantage of the spec.

 

[seeingeyegod]

Thanks, yeah I don't know exactly what this guy is doing he just asked for a machine with PCIE 2.0 and 3.0 slots on the same motherboard.. over my pay grade to know what for.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http://event.asus.com/2011/mb/PCIe3_Ready/

 

[andy_Man]

Thanks, yeah I don't know exactly what this guy is doing he just asked for a machine with PCIE 2.0 and 3.0 slots on the same motherboard.. over my pay grade to know what for.

On the same board? I don't think that exists.

 

[logainofhades]

Thanks, yeah I don't know exactly what this guy is doing he just asked for a machine with PCIE 2.0 and 3.0 slots on the same motherboard.. over my pay grade to know what for.

On the same board? I don't think that exists.

Actually, I believe many of the non SLI capable Z97 boards have both. The main GPU slot is an x16 PCI-E 3.0 and the second one is an x16 slot running at X4 PCI_E 2.0.