I am wanting the new asus direct CU II version of the new AMD R9 280x but my motherboard (Gigabyte 970A-DS3) is only a PCIE 2.0 mobo. I know that current gen GPU's work no bother but not sure if this one will, and if it does will there be a great performance difference?
Help much appreciated
You're fine. It's only dual GPU solutions that start to bottleneck gen 2.0
*wipes brow* Thanks for that mate, cant wait to get this badboy, gonna be a hell of an upgrade from my GTX 650 :P
If you wanted to crossfire the 280X, gen 2.0 is still suitable.
Enjoy it.
Thanks, only problem is that only other available slot is 4x so wouldnt be ideal, but if i was spending that kind of cash I would upgrade the mobo anyway :)