Will a GTX780 work on my mobo??

[UNDINE22]

I have a CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z mother board and a GTX 560it 2gb but i want to upgrade to a newer gpu (GTX 780 3GB PCIE 3.0) but i dont want to have a bunch of problems because the mobo is pcie 2.0 and the new gpu is 3.0 soo any advice would me help full, im not even sure if there would be any problems .. but i want to be sure befor i buy and thing XD

PC specs
MOBO - CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

CPU - AMD 8350 Vishera 8 core

RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 1600 (PC3 12800)

GPU - EVGA GTX 560 it 2 GB

PSU - Rosewill LIGHTNING-1300w

thanks

 

[drumminandstuff93]

Yes, it will work. It is backwards compatible. As far as I'm aware, it shouldn't even hinder performance all that much too.

 

[pierrerock]

PCIE slot are all retro-compatible so there is no problem. I have seen benchmark between a 3.0 GPU in a 2.0 slot and performance loss were around 5%. But overall, it will work and you will have a big performance gain.

 

[lostgamer_03]

It will certainly work, PCI-E 2.0 works perfect with GPUs and other components rocking the latest PCI-E 3.0. You will not spot any noticable performance difference than if you were to put the GTX 780 on a mobo with PCI-E 3.0.

"The new PCI-Express 3.0 interface can provide around 1% performance boost for both HD 7970 and GTX 680"
- Source http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Ivy_Bridge_PCI-Express_Scaling/24.html

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

The gaming performance difference is almost none.
http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Impact-of-PCI-E-Speed-on-Gaming-Performance-518/

 

[6R1M01R3]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/344877-33-will-express-card-work-slot

It will work with no impact in the performance of the GPU.

 

[UNDINE22]

cool thanks