If my MSI motherboard only has a PCI express 2.0 will the video card still be compatible? And if so will it perform the same? Thanks!
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I can't believe the misinformation here. At out current time, only a top, top end GPU like the GTX 980 or 970 will make use of PCIe 3.0. Yes, 3.0 does double the speed of 2.0, but nothing actually makes it necessary that plugs into 3.0. At most, you might lose a frame or two per second in a game by running a 3.0 card in a 2.0 slot, if that. All of the available bandwidth in PCIe 2.0 has yet to be used. So, you will be just fine!
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.
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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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 processor in the computer has no impact on which graphics card you can have. Windows 7 is good but what actually determines the compatibility of this graphics card is the pci express slots on the motherboard and the power supply. You must have at least a 1 pci express slot 2.0 or higher. Then you must make sure that your power supply has an extra 6-pin PCI-E power connector from base of the power supply. The stock power supply's in a computer will most likely not be enough.
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It will only work in 1x no matter what. You will have a bad gaming experience due to the bottleneck. With that said it is good enough to run a second monitor for a 2d desktop. But in my experience only 2 out of 3 of my motherboards will even recognize the video card on the express extension. And all my boards are Asus
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Your mother board supports PCI-Express cards. The Jaton is such. I bought this one for my wife's PC which I built with an Intel mother board, but only because I wanted 2 VGA ports, one for her TV, and one for here older LG monitor. This card was a little pricey though. For my Dell 760, which also uses PCI-Express, I bought an excellent, but lower priced video card from Amazon, the MSI ATI Radeon HD6450 1GB. It has one VGA, one HTMI, and one DVI port. Newer monitors, like the 27inch LG IPS LED 27EA31 which I got on cyber-Monday for $199 support VGA and DVI. Good Luck
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The card will be compatible with any motherboard with a PCIe port, which pretty much every motherboard has. Just make sure it's not too big for your case and it'll be fine.
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No. You'll need to add to the pci express slot. Still a great motherboard. Ive nerve had such a great experience with a motherboard til now. Im going to be using Gigabyte more often now.
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Yes it will work. A few things to note though:That motherboard has only one PCI-e 2.0 x16 slot. Make sure you aren't using it for anything else first.Second, the card was designed for PCI-e 3.0. It will work with your 2.0, but you might not get full performance. Though I have heard people say that there isn't much of a difference since video cards aren't powerful enough yet that they truly need 3.0.Finally, don't forget to disable the on-board graphics on your motherboard after installing this one. I believe this is mentioned in the installation guide as well. Yes it will work. A few things to note though:That motherboard has only one PCI-e 2.0 x16 slot. Make sure you aren't using it for anything else first.Second, the card was designed for PCI-e 3.0. It will work with your 2.0, but you might not get full performance. Though I have heard people say that there isn't much of a difference since video cards aren't powerful enough yet that they truly need 3.0.Finally, don't forget to disable the on-board graphics on your motherboard after installing this one. I believe this is mentioned in the installation guide as... » Read More Yes it will work. A few things to note though:That motherboard has only one PCI-e 2.0 x16 slot. Make sure you aren't using it for anything else first.Second, the card was designed for PCI-e 3.0. It will work with your 2.0, but you might not get full performance. Though I have heard people say that there isn't much of a difference since video cards aren't powerful enough yet that they truly need 3.0.Finally, don't forget to disable the on-board graphics on your motherboard after installing this one. I believe this is mentioned in the installation guide as well. « Show Less
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We are possibly dealing with compatibility, I inserted this card in the MSI LGA 1155 Intel mainboard H61M-P31, it will accept both PCI express 3.0 X 16 & PCI express 2.0 X 16 slot. I had no problems.............................
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Yes it works in this motherboard very well..I have a MSI 750 TI 2gb and it works just fine. My 750 TI is overclocked by me and it works great in this motherboard.
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Not only that, but it will highly boost your system's performance. This card will work with any PCI express slot, but word to the wise, it comes with a weird little cord that looks like trash, that's actually your power cord. You have to plug it into the motherboard AND plug the cord into one of your power supply wires. I spent an hour staring at it, wondering why it wasn't working before i thought to plug that cord in! Hope this helps.
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yes, this card plugs into a pci-express x16 slot. the only problem you may run into is the physical size of the card, it may be a tight squeeze on your mobo.
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hello, I'm not familiar with the motherboard model. I need more information as to whats not working. is it you can't get it to fit in the slot? or did you get it to fit but you have no video? or do you have video but everything looks big? Remember this is a PCI express card. if your motherboard has something other than a PCI express slot is not gonna fit.
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Nope. I wouldn't upgrade motherboards just to accommodate the video card. You wouldn't see much in the way of results from the pcie 2.0 to 3.0 upgrade.
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Yes.This card uses pci express 1.0, while that board supports pci express 2.0, but the newer standard is backwards compatible. This card will work just fine, though a card that supports pci express 2.0 may offer better performance.
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It should work on most modern AMD motherboards, provided that the motherboard has a free PCI express x1 slot. Note that this card will work on PCI express x4 / x8 / x16 slots as well. Plugging this into an x16 slot that is meant for a second graphics card may interfere with a primary graphics card connected to PCI express, as it may take lanes away from it (i.e. most motherboards will operate both x16 slots at x8 speed if they're both populated).
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It is a great card and would it would be compatible with the board . although u must consider having a power supply than can power it properly( MSI Recommends a 750w) , if you are using a budget / lower end cpu it will seriously limit your frame rate , you must know if it can fit in your case as it is too long to fit into some cases (dimensions - 276x127x39mm) and if you are using an aftermarket cooler for your cpu how close would it be to the card which may affect airflow inside your case.