I read everywhere that PCIE 3.0 cards are backwards compatible with PCIE 2.0. has anyone installed this card in a PCIE 2.0 slot and worked?
1393779
yes all PCIe technology is forward and backward compatible to the least common denominator if you put a 3.0 card in a 2.0 slot ir will run as 2.0if you put a 2.0 card in a 2.0 slot ir will run as 2.0if you put a 3.0 card in a 3.0 slot ir will run as 2.0if you put a 3.0 card in a 3.0 slot ir will run as 3.0same true with 2.1, 1.0, and 1.1 cards
1393780
Yes, this card will work fine in a PCI-E 2.0/2.1 Slot. I've used many PCIE 3.0 Cards in PCIE 2.0/2.1 slots with no problems.
1393781
yes all PCIe technology is forward and backward compatible to the least common denominator if you put a 3.0 card in a 2.0 slot ir will run as 2.0 if you put a 2.0 card in a 2.0 slot ir will run as 2.0 if you put a 3.0 card in a 3.0 slot ir will run as 2.0 if you put a 3.0 card in a 3.0 slot ir will run as 3.0 same true with 2.1, 1.0, and 1.1 cards
266633
This card will only fit into a PCIe slot (PCIe 1, PCIe 4, or even PCIe 16). It simply will not work with the older PCI architecture
365751
its pci 3.0 but runs in 2.0 as well, the difference is you lose a 10% on bandwith speed but it will work fine...
756269
If the motherboard has an open PCIe x16 slot this card should work fine. The card is specced to PCIe 3.0 but will run fine in a 2.0 motherboard. You may need to disable the onboard video in the BIOS however.
202025
I do not have that motherboard, so I can not say 100% that it will work. However, that board does have a PCIe (PCI Express) x16 slot which will take a standard PCIe graphics card (which this is), it doesn't matter if it's PCIe v2.0 or PCIe v3.0. Both should work. If you are using the onboard graphics you may need to disable it when you install the EVGA card, that kind of stuff (if necessary) can be done in the BIOS. Good Luck.
1722504
Yes, it is perfectly backwards compatible, and will actually perform exactly the same running on a 2.0 bus as it would a 3.0 bus since the amount of data GPU's can move can't even fully saturate the 2.0 bus, let alone even take advantage of the higher throughput of 3.0.
1634889
All PCI-E 3.0 cards are backwards compatible, it may slow down the performance of the card slightly but not big enough unless you plan to crossfire two 290/x's
737941
Yes it will work fine. As a single card solution you will have a minimal performance drop compared to PCIe 3.0, but this drop will be more noticeable in SLi setups (multi-card).
1341368
The card supports pci 3.0, but it doesn't really come close to using the full bandwidth that 3.0 allows. In fact, I'm not sure that it surpasses 2.0. The consensus on the internet is that there's almost no noticeable difference with a single GTX 780 Ti. Multiple cards might be another situation, but I've got 2 GTX 780 Ti cards in SLI on my PCI 3.0 mobo and it wasn't a significant improvement compared to the previous PCI 2.0 mobo I had.
270453
Very likely, yes. It is PCIe 2.1, but PCIe is backwards compatible with 1.1 and 1.0 slots. This is a fairly low-power card as well. I've actually cut half the pins off and plugged it into an X8 slot and it still works perfectly for my needs. This card also comes with a low-profile bracket if you need that.
1986725
Yes, PCI-E 2.0 is backward compatible to PCI-E 1.0; however, you will not get full performance from it. With the price point on this the way it is, you reduction in performance is probably not a big deal. I would caution against using modern video cards with older power supplies. Generally, for modern graphics cards a 500W p/s is a minimum starting point--I would not go under 400W.
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Although there is a rumor around that some folks have issues with PCIe2.0/3.0 cards on the PCIe 1.1 slots, I personally have not found that to be the case. I can't vouch for this particular card, but I have used other PCIe2.0/3.0 cards on a PCIe 1.1 slot with no issues.Since I made my earlier post about this card, I have found an even better card that runs w/o the need of a 6 pin power cable. The GTX 750/750 Ti. But be careful; some DO require the aux power cable. So search around. I bought this one: http://www.evga.com/articles/00821/#3753It even plays Crysis3 at 1080p w/o any stutter at low/med settings. And looks great. Although there is a rumor around that some folks have issues with PCIe2.0/3.0 cards on the PCIe 1.1 slots, I personally have not found that to be the case. I can't vouch for this particular card, but I have used other PCIe2.0/3.0 cards on a PCIe 1.1 slot with no issues.Since I made my earlier post about this card, I have found an even better card that runs w/o the need of a 6 pin power cable. The GTX 750/750 Ti. But be careful; some DO require the aux power cable. So search around. I bought this one: http://www.evga.com/articles/00821/#3753It even plays Crysis3 at 1080p... » Read More Although there is a rumor around that some folks have issues with PCIe2.0/3.0 cards on the PCIe 1.1 slots, I personally have not found that to be the case. I can't vouch for this particular card, but I have used other PCIe2.0/3.0 cards on a PCIe 1.1 slot with no issues.Since I made my earlier post about this card, I have found an even better card that runs w/o the need of a 6 pin power cable. The GTX 750/750 Ti. But be careful; some DO require the aux power cable. So search around. I bought this one: http://www.evga.com/articles/00821/#3753It even plays Crysis3 at 1080p w/o any stutter at low/med settings. And looks great. « Show Less
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From the quick search of your motherboard: Your board supports PCI-e The card is PCI-e 3.0 Generally devices are backwards comparable but you will experience slower bus speeds. I am not sure if you have 3.0 or not, but the card should work regardless. The only downfall I dislike about this specific card is it says it supports SLI, but does NOT actually have the ports. So it supports it, just cant use it? Thats silly to me.
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a pci-express 3 will work on a PCI Express 2 or PCI Express 1 slot it's backwards compatible
461280
No they are backwards compatible. Using pcie 1 with this card will only see negligible performance loss so don't worry about it.
1290245
All AMD HD7XXX, R9, R7 Video cards are PCI-Express X16 3.0 and have backwards compatibility with all other PCI-Express X16 Slots. So are the Nvidia GTX 6XX/7XX. You should know that only Intel Core i5/i7 from 3rd and 4th Gen. are PCIE 3.0. I don't see any gain from 2.0 to 3.0 BTW.
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The truth is - PCI-e 3.0 is unnecessary. There are no current cards that are bottlenecked by 3.0 - it is a marketing scheme. Cards only get a max of 3FPS gain, and those are dual engine cards (GTX 690/Radeon 7990) or a GTX Titan. It is 100% backwards compatible.