Would PCI-E 2.0 Be a Bottleneck for R7-260x?

[patapon0705]

I am thinking about getting a R7-260x but my motherboard on has PCI-E 2.0. I heard some graphic cards are bad enough so it doesn't matter.

Processor: A10-5800k (would this be bottleneck?)

 

[huilun02]

No bottleneck.

 

[drbones8472]

Nope, should be fine.

 

[Praise_Gaben]

No. PCI-E is only about bandwith, so if you don't use the extra bandwith of PCI-E 3.0 (which you won't) it just doesn't matter.

 

[dextermat]

+1, no

 

[coozie7]

Another no.
Spotting a pattern? 😉

 

[todd1780]

YES! An R7 260x will easily bottleneck a PCIe 2.0 slot. I'm kidding...the answer is no.

 

[dgingeri]

The bandwidth of the slot won't be a problem. As a matter of fact, that board wouldn't see any diminished performance from a PCIe 2.0 x8 or PCIe 1.1 x16 slot.

The processor, however, will probably bottleneck it a bit. It won't be a huge difference, but there will be a bit of a hit from that CPU.