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7. February 2014 @ 16:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Backstory:
3 years ago. Kitty spilled water bottle on table, water trickled into top exhaust fan, GPU started singing Fireworks by Katy Perry and died.

Goal:
To re-build my gaming rig; buy a new graphics card, and finally start gaming again.

Question/Dilemma
New graphic cards are mostly PCI(e) 3.0, so I'm not sure if buying a good one would be overkill, or severely bottle-necked by the fact that my mobo is PCI(e) x16. I've learned about backwards compatibility and that a 3.0 card will definitely work, but my Q is how much of it will be limited? Would it be overkill to buy a MSI GTX 660 2GB PCI Express 3.0 x16 video card? Because I'm aware the bandwidth will be limited, therefore decreasing the speed/performance of rendering the graphics. How bad/noticable is it?

Current Motherboard

Do share your opinions!
Danke

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 7. February 2014 @ 16:22

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7. February 2014 @ 17:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Found this chart. Suffice to say the drop won't that significant. I'm ordering my card right now! YIPPEE!



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7. February 2014 @ 17:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i doubt you would even notice a difference.
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7. February 2014 @ 21:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
your motherboard might have ver 2 pcie /16.
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