Can you use PCIe 3.0 card with i5 2500K ?

[blabla21]

Im wondering can you use PCIe 3.0 card with an i5 2500k which only supports PCIe 2.0 and will there be any performance hit ?

Im asking this because I just bought GTX 980 Ti and to save myself money and not but Skylake + new mobo + DDR4 RAM

 

[Aquinus]

Nah, you won't lose performance because you're running at PCI-E 2.0. If you were to run SLI, 2.0 @ 8x might start showing a little bit, but in reality, probably not a whole lot. It will work without a problem.

Another way to look at it is that I got my 390 without any expectation that my 3820 was going to do PCI-E 3.0. To my amazement my 3820 does 3.0 (some do, some don't,) but I didn't feel any tangible difference because of it. I would say that if you want a 980 Ti, go for it. You don't have a huge CPU bottleneck. Will an upgraded platform help? Sure. Is it worth it? Probably not yet.

 

[RejZoR]

I'm using GTX 980 with PCIe 3.0 on Intel X58 platform which even predates your X/Z6x series chipset. You'll be fine...

 

[TheGuruStud]

2500k is still better than the new stuff LOL. 5 ghz on air?

 

[Agreemenot]

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GTX_980_PCI-Express_Scaling/

 

[dorsetknob]

I'm using GTX 980 with PCIe 3.0 on Intel X58 platform which even predates your X/Z6x series chipset. You'll be fine...

As above
I run a HD 7850 (PCIx3 Card ) in a X58 system ( PCIx2 slots )

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Im wondering can you use PCIe 3.0 card with an i5 2500k which only supports PCIe 2.0 and will there be any performance hit ?

well for sure your not get the Full Performance that Could come from running your card in a PCIx3 slot but that's not what your asking

there will be no performance hit for you because you have not had the full performance from the card
In my opinion a performance hit is when you have had the full performance and then lost some thats a performance hit

If you had a PCIx3 Capable motherboard and the card was installed AND then you Downgraded to a PCIx2 Motherboard then you would expect a performance hit

You cannot lose what you never had

 

[Hugis]

Used a gtx 680 in a p35 (intel 775)and got great frame rates, so yes your good to go

 

[RejZoR]

Imagine PCIe versions the same as AGP versions in the past. There were differences, but very tiny. AGP 2x or AGP 8x, the difference was minimal in 99% of cases. Same for PCIe 1.0 and PCIe 3.0. You only start seeing anything noticeable when you're running a tri or quad SLi/CrossfireX setups where every MB/s counts. For single card, I don't think even benchmarks will show anything outside of margin of error.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Im wondering can you use PCIe 3.0 card with an i5 2500k which only supports PCIe 2.0 and will there be any performance hit ?

PCIe 3.0 is backwards compatible so yes, you can use it.

While 2.0 will not allow full potential, I am assuming this card is an upgrade from your previous card so clearly, you will see a performance boost.

 

[rtwjunkie]

PCIe 2.0 is still not fully utilized for single GPU situations, so no, there is no problem continuing to use a 2500K and a PCIe 3.0 card.

 

[blabla21]

I have to say my mobo is AsRock Z77 Extreme4 so there are PCI-E 3.0 slots, only problem is i5 2500k supports 2.0.

 

[vega22]

nvidia do not max out pcie2.

you will be fine

amd have issues with latest cards on 2 as they need the bandwidth of the gen 3 slot for cross card com in multi card setups.

 

[rtwjunkie]

I have to say my mobo is AsRock Z77 Extreme4 so there are PCI-E 3.0 slots, only problem is i5 2500k supports 2.0.

It's not a problem at all. The GPU will run at PCIe 2.0 as long as you have a Sandy in there, and that is no problem at all. PCIe 2.0 speeds for a single GPU are still fine.

 

[brandonwh64]

From my Z68X PCI3.0 motherboard. "To support PCI Express 3.0, you must install an Intel 22nm CPU." so no you will not get 3.0 with a 2500K you need a 3xxx series CPU