Feronix New member Oct 17, 2015 #2 Yeah, they're backwards compatible. As long as the slot is wired for at least 8x any PCI-E videocard will work in it. 2.0 16x only has half the bandwidth of 3.0 16x but you won't really see a real-world difference unless you go SLI.
Yeah, they're backwards compatible. As long as the slot is wired for at least 8x any PCI-E videocard will work in it. 2.0 16x only has half the bandwidth of 3.0 16x but you won't really see a real-world difference unless you go SLI.