*RTX 30 SERIES CONNECTIVITY

[nicklog]

Hello there

Might be kinda dumb question but my knowledge is not great so I'd like some clarification please.

As most of you people in here I'm thinking of a possible upgrade to one of the new ones but I hear a lot of "new connectors/12pins/needs new motherboard/pcie 4th gen(?) etc

I'd like to get some general infos on
1. Are these gpus coming with a new way of connection to PSU/Motherboard?
2. What exactly are the differences
3. Can they be supported by older mobo/cpu/psu?

I'll give an example on my system
Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero
Ryzen 2700X
Corsair RM750 Psu

Thanks in advance people
Have a nice day

 

[LeMson]

Which card are you looking at getting?

 

[nicklog]

I was running a 2080Ti , went back to 1080 and now thinking of 3080

 

[oldbanana]

I dont think this is something you should be worried about the new 12pin seems only for the FE cards to save space on the PCB adapters should be included with ur card, the aftermarket cards should still use the old 8pin connectors every psu worth using has plenty of those.

 

[robfosters]

1. They’re PCI 4.0, but they’ll run perfectly well on PCI 3.0
2. Many differences to list, you need to check the spec sheets
3. Yes. Your current is probs a X370, B450 or X470. All will handle the card perfectly well. As for PSU, any solid and reliable model with upwards of around 650w should be fine. You’re current one meets that criteria. I’m pretty sure all Gigabytes 3080’s use the standard 2X8 power connection.

 

[nicklog]

Good to hear boys. Thank you kindly for your help, now the last problem is to convince the missus xd
cheers!!

 

[r7slayer]

They are supplying the cards with 2x8 pins to 12 pin connectors. So you'll be fine. Also the new cards will be backward compatible with PCI-E 3.0 but you may loose the IO feature.

 

[PieEater]

Also the new cards will be backward compatible with PCI-E 3.0 but you may loose the IO feature.

Any references about IO being dependent on PCIE4 I find it difficult to believe this would be the case given lack of PCIE4 support on Intel CPUs?

 

[random_matt]

Any references about IO being dependent on PCIE4 I find it difficult to believe this would be the case given lack of PCIE4 support on Intel CPUs?

The whole presentation was on current CPU, it will be fine.

 

[NeilF]

So to confirm, the new 3000 series cards can be plugged into old PCIE 3 slots? Such as my old Z97-A motherboard?

 

[oldbanana]

ofcourse

 

[NeilF]

ofcourse

Excellent... So my 5yr old system can soldier on