Will a PCIE-x16 3.0 GPU work in a PCIE-x16 2.0 slot?

[Nathan Willis]

Hey!
I would like to get a GeForce 750 TI card soon.
My motherboard has PCIE-x16 2.0 slots though.
Will a PCIE-x16 3.0 GPU work?
Thanks!

 

[techgeek]

Yes PCI-e 3.0 is backward compatible with PCI-e 2.0. It just means that the card will work at PCI-e 2.0 speeds, which isn't a big deal since no single card is able to saturate PCI-e 2.0.

 

[Nathan Willis]

Hey!
I would like to get a GeForce 750 TI card soon.
My motherboard has PCIE-x16 2.0 slots though.
Will a PCIE-x16 3.0 GPU work?
Thanks!

yes it will work fine and it wont effect the performance at all so you are good to go with 2.0 slot.

Ok, Thanks! From what I have read the performance decrease of 2.0 will only be 1% at most.

 

[Nathan Willis]

Yes PCI-e 3.0 is backward compatible with PCI-e 2.0. It just means that the card will work at PCI-e 2.0 speeds, which isn't a big deal since no single card is able to saturate PCI-e 2.0.

I will be getting a good GPU then.