Hi All,
I have a very old motherboard, ASRock P67 Extreme4 (before Gen3), so it does not have a PCI-e 3 slot, only PCI-e 2 slots. And my video card died (it was a gtx 760).
I am trying to find a replacement on a budget ($150-200), and although there are such options they all require PCI-e 3.0 , and I can't find anything that would work with PCI-e 2.0
There are still some much older gen cards that have PCI-e 2.0, but for some reason those are all around $500 (maybe these are from the mining era? or maybe they are priced so high simply because they are out of stock these days?).
Can anyone suggest something please?
I am also confused by the slot specs on my motherboard. They say this:
- 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (PCIE2/PCIE4: Single at x16 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4), or dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4); PCIE5: x4 mode)
What doe they mean by "PCIE2/PCIE4" ? And even "PCIE5" ? Does any of this mean that I still can use a PCI-e 3.0 card with my motherboard?
I have a very old motherboard, ASRock P67 Extreme4 (before Gen3), so it does not have a PCI-e 3 slot, only PCI-e 2 slots. And my video card died (it was a gtx 760).
I am trying to find a replacement on a budget ($150-200), and although there are such options they all require PCI-e 3.0 , and I can't find anything that would work with PCI-e 2.0
There are still some much older gen cards that have PCI-e 2.0, but for some reason those are all around $500 (maybe these are from the mining era? or maybe they are priced so high simply because they are out of stock these days?).
Can anyone suggest something please?
I am also confused by the slot specs on my motherboard. They say this:
- 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (PCIE2/PCIE4: Single at x16 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4), or dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4); PCIE5: x4 mode)
What doe they mean by "PCIE2/PCIE4" ? And even "PCIE5" ? Does any of this mean that I still can use a PCI-e 3.0 card with my motherboard?