yes it is backward compatable, and no there be no noticable loss.
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so the 3.0 and 2.0 have the same slot?
yes. 3.0 just has more bandwidth, but 2.0 isn't even maxed out unless your running quad xfire/sli
yes, the only difference is pcie 3.0 can handel high band witith which are not currently being used at the moment