I've seen versions of this card that work with PCI Express 2.0 and 3.0. Does this exact card work with PCI 2.0?
391941
It is a PCIE 2.0 card. This PCIE 2 card will also work in a PCIE 3 bus because PCIE 3 is backward compatible and will accept PCIE 2 cards.
391942
The card performs at PCIe 2.0 speeds only, but it will work in slots that support PCIe 2.0 and 3.0 (x8 or x16)
391943
PCI Express is backwards compatible as long as you have the full sized 8x or 16x slot. This will not work in a 4x or 1x PCI Express slot.
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Yeah. I have 2 over these guys in my workstation SLI. For a period of time I had to have one is PCIE 2.0 slot and the other in the 3.0 worked like a charm. I will note though if you want to use this for solid works or auto cad. DO NOT use the newest driver. It will crash everything. Use driver 9.18.13.697 built on 10/2/2012. I love this card, great for professional use case. Don't expect super high fps in games though. This card is strictly for workstation graphics
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In Nvidia website they write in GPU Performance Features of quadro k5000 that it is PCI Express 2.0 Compliance it Supports data transfer rates up to 5 GT/sec per lane for an aggregate bandwidth of 16 GB/sec bi-directional (8 GB/sec in each direction)...so simply there is one versions of this card a PCI Express 2.0 Card, there is no such a special card for PCI express 3.0 there is only one card in the market that support 2.0 but could work on 3.0 because of backward compatible of PCI Express 3.0, In the other hand if that needed for this card to show the beast inside it then be it I don't personally care if it is PCI 2.0 or 3.0...it will give the same power using this architecture... In Nvidia website they write in GPU Performance Features of quadro k5000 that it is PCI Express 2.0 Compliance it Supports data transfer rates up to 5 GT/sec per lane for an aggregate bandwidth of 16 GB/sec bi-directional (8 GB/sec in each direction)...so simply there is one versions of this card a PCI Express 2.0 Card, there is no such a special card for PCI express 3.0 there is only one card in the market that support 2.0 but could work on 3.0 because of backward compatible of PCI Express 3.0, In the other hand if that needed for this card to show the beast inside it then be it I don't... » Read More In Nvidia website they write in GPU Performance Features of quadro k5000 that it is PCI Express 2.0 Compliance it Supports data transfer rates up to 5 GT/sec per lane for an aggregate bandwidth of 16 GB/sec bi-directional (8 GB/sec in each direction)...so simply there is one versions of this card a PCI Express 2.0 Card, there is no such a special card for PCI express 3.0 there is only one card in the market that support 2.0 but could work on 3.0 because of backward compatible of PCI Express 3.0, In the other hand if that needed for this card to show the beast inside it then be it I don't personally care if it is PCI 2.0 or 3.0...it will give the same power using this architecture... « Show Less
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I couldn't say for sure. I think pci-e is backwards and forwards compatible--it just won't be 3.0-fast. I would google for pci-e compatibility between versions. I used an AMD A-series on-chip GPU and it was for someone else.
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The specs on Amazon say ... "Compliant with PCI-Express 2.0 Base Specification"
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Yes definately it will work. GTX 770 is PCI 3.0 capable but its 100% backward comptible to PCI 2.0. As of now there are no cards available to completely utilize the bandwidth of a PCI 3.0 card. There are many benchmarks and threads you will find regarding this but I will say if you compare the performance of GTX 770 on a PCI 3.0 and GTX 770 on a PCI 2.0 mobo you will find that there are practically no difference in performance between the GTX 770 running on PCI 3.0 mobo and PCI 2.0 mobo..Hope I have answered your question.
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yes and no , there are 3 versions of this board, this one does not, a previous version of this one/less the pcie x1 and does have 3.0 support ,slot and the first version (not R2.0 <--does not support PCI-E 3.0 (2.0)It really depends on which one you have, this one below does have,,,http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131969
880029
It will work just fine, I bought this card like a month ago and my mother board is PCIE 2.0, the performance is excellent! No complaints so far. The card its great you should get it.
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Yes this will work in a PCIe 2.0 slot, all 3.0 cards are backwards compatible.
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I believe I can only answer one question here. All PCI-E editions are backwards compatible with their previous version. 3.0 > 2.0 > 1.0. I don't know the other answer though, sorry.
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PCI-E 3.0 is backwards compatible with past PCI incarnations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express#PCI_Express_3.x
880030
Yes, PCIe 3.0 will work in 2.0, just at half the speed. PCIe 16x 2.0 is the same as PCIe 8x 3.0 Research has shown pretty conclusively that no modern video card experiences any sort of slow down until it is under PCIe 2.0 at 8x. In other words, the card should run absolutely fine and at almost no appreciable loss in speed (unless you are trying to run two or three together, and even then, it would be under 10%). Hope that helps.
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PCIe 2.0 works just fine (I ran Crossfire with this and a Tri-X on an AMD system with PCIe 2.0).
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Daniel, I purchased this card more than a year ago. Every year I had to purchase a new one and they always worked. I am not sure about the newer version as I do not purchase these cards anymore.
1567673
Yes it will. There is a slight performance drop associated with not using PCIE 3.0 but its negligible. I use it in 2.0 myself, works great
1135293
If you want PCI Express 3.0, then shop for the Sabertooth 990FX/Gen3 R2.0: "3X PCIe 3.0/2.0 x 16 (dual x16 or x16/x8/x8)" listed in ASUS's Specifications under expansion slots
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Well, as long as it has a pci-express port, yes. Ignore the fact that it says pci-e 3. chances are you have a version 2 port but it will still work. That's what I have. It's very simple to install. Also, in case you're questioning this board, I have had no problems with it, it runs extremely cold for me (58C is the max temp I've ever reached) and isn't too loud even under full load. Plus, it looks pretty freaking sweet.
1990730
I don't see any reason why it wouldn't handle PCI 3.0. I run a ATI 7800 series PCI 3.0 on mine.
1057808
Unfortunately No. This card does not use, provide, or support USB 3.0... It only provides 7 USB 2.0/1.1/1.0 ports, but does so effortlessly with no conflicts or problems.