Does this card require a PCIe 3.0 slot?
461280
No they are backwards compatible. Using pcie 1 with this card will only see negligible performance loss so don't worry about it.
461281
Not as far as I know. can use Pcie 1, 2 or 3. Might see performance issues if only 1.0
461282
PCIe 2.0 works just fine (I ran Crossfire with this and a Tri-X on an AMD system with PCIe 2.0).
639476
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.
1830253
No,it is a PCI slot only.You will have to buy one that is specifically PCI-E.
646144
Yes the board will work in a PCIe 2.0 slot. PCIe 3.0 is backwards compatible to the 2.0 specification.
737937
Yes. The bandwidth in your 2.0 x16 slot will be comparable to PCIe 3.0 x8, which is more than enough headroom. It's a great card, go for it!
862092
This board does not have a PCIE 3.0 slot but an r9 270 will still work with no performance loss over a 3.0 slot.
1379882
So far there is no performance lost with using it in a PCI 2.0. If you maybe spent $300 or so on a new motherboard with all the new stuff then there might be a performance lost mainly because of the possibility of boosted speed in the PCI 3.0. So to sum it up. You should be fine
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
674139
Yes, pci-e 3.0 is backwards compatible to pci-e 1.0, so a pci-e 3.0 video card will work in any pci-e slot. The only caveat is that it will only negotiate the highest bandwidth that the motherboard will support, so a pci-e 3.0 card will not run at 3.0 bandwidth in a 1.0 slot.
2189677
I'm running a 2.something card so I'm not 100% sure. If it doesn't say so in the specs I'd keep looking for one that specifies 3.0
538949
Yeah, it should be as PCI-e 3.0 is backwards compatible to PCI-e 2.0 which this motherboard has. You just will be limited by the lower bandwidth associated with PCI-e 2.0 due to the motherboard's shortcomings in this regard.
86653
I believe so... The card doesn't need it's own power supply, so you should be good. It does require the pci-e slot on your board.
1804904
My case is older so it does not, but I do believe the newer style case should have them. However USB 3.0 is easy to solve because there are many PCIe 1.0 cards that offer USB 3.0 slots to include an interior slot for the motherboard for around 20 bucks, give or take. I used one before and it works great and offers 4 additional USB 3.0 slots besides what is native to your Mother Board...
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).
880028
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!
1935295
I don't believe so. Generally with PCI, stick to the slot it's specifically made for.
1170896
It should, you won't receive the full benifits of the PCIe 3.0 bus, but that isn't anything major. My motherboard is only PCIe 2.0 and the card works just fine.