Will The Evga Gtx 1060 Super clocked. Be Compatable With My Motherboard?

[webbyonmic471]

My motherboard has pcie 2.0 x16 and the gpu i want (evga gtx 1060 sc) is pcie 3.0 x16.
Will it be compatable with my motherboard?
And is there a significant difference between pcie 2.0 x16 and pcie 3.0 x16??

 

[Robert Cook]

PCIE 2.0 is identical, it just has half the bandwidth, this however is not an issue by any means as you would have to put a Titan XP in there to see any thing.

a 1060 will never run out of bandwidth there so do not worry. long story short you are good to go.

 

[webbyonmic471]

thankyou verymuch fellow nerd

 

[webbyonmic471]

so there is any difference at all between using an evga gtx 1060sc with pcie 2.0 x16 and pcie 3.0 x16 ???????????

 

[Robert Cook]

nope, absolutely nothing. were it PCIE 1.0 there could be something, but not with PCIE2.0