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I'm looking for another video card, pci-e, the newer cards I've looked at say 3.0, will they fit into a regular pci-e express slot. I don't really know which one it is, so I'm assuming it's a regular slot. Anyone know?

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PCI-e 3.0 cards fit into PCI-E 2.0 slots, they are backwards compatible.

 

You just might not get full performance from the card, that's all.

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the motherboard is a fx-55, how could I find out what the pci-e slot is rated at?

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PCI-E will fit

 

also your manual will tell you what you have.

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I don't have the manual, but I'm going to go look and see if it's on the motherboard . duh probably should have in the first place. Thanks!

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Yes it will work, all 3.0 cards will work in a 2.1 slot.

 

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Manual will be online. Just know your board ans google the manual.

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FX55 would be the processor. On the mother board next to the video slot there should be a serious of letters and numbers. Sometimes you need to take the video card out to see that.

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Depending on your mobo and what you're looking at, need to be sure you have correct power supply/connectors.

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hey cat have you bought a card yet?

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I ordered one this evening, lol I hope what I ordered will work. I ordered a Asus AMD Radeon HD 7770 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Twin-Fanned Graphics Card. It won't be here till next week tho. :(

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Cat, go to belarc.com and download "belarc advisor"....it's a free little program that will tell you all the specifics of your pc system, ('motherboard', ram, all drives, video card..... etc.)

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One more thing....the HD 7770 2gb is a nice mid-range card, but if your planning on playing BF4, you might want to step up to at least HD7950 3GB card, or the newer R9 280x 3GB...(they are going for between $125.00 to $190.00 on ebay right now...a lot of guys are selling off there bitcoin rigs since the price for bitcoin went down so far and most still have factory warranty) The one you picked will play BF4, but over time with the stress these new games put on vid cards, you'll be better off

Yes...3.0 pci-e is backwards compatible too.

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Thanks for sharing..... Interesting good info ....

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I just picked up a "Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB 384bit GDDR5 Windforce"  3 months old with full factory warranty for $156.00

These cards still sell for $290 to $310.00 new.

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