3070 in a pcie 2.0 motherboard?

[cub123]

Just a temporary solution, before I upgrade the rest.
Asus P8p67 pro.

But this should work OK?

Thanks.

 

[Captain_Bosh]

Yeah should work in theory.

 

[Aretak]

Yeah, it should work fine. An x16 2.0 slot is even enough to feed that class of card with only a couple of percent drop in performance, though obviously you're likely to end up CPU limited a lot of the time.

 

[cub123]

Thanks for the replies.
I have an i5 2500k overclocked to 4.5ghz.
Probably wait for ddr5 to come out.
Cheers.

 

[Tommy_Here]

My brother is using a i7 2600 and in games at 1440p it can at times hold back a Titan Xp a lot... so an i5 2500k and a more powerful gpu will only be worse.. in theory it will work yes but you won't be stretching the legs on that 3070

 

[pastymuncher]

It will all depend on if the motherboard bios supports the new cards. If you are on the latest bios and get a black screen that usually means the card isn't supported and unless there's a beta bios it never will be. Unfortunately you won't know until you try.

 

[dave28]

Thanks for the replies.
I have an i5 2500k overclocked to 4.5ghz.
Probably wait for ddr5 to come out.
Cheers.

a 2500k plus pcie-2 should only be very temporary if it works, that will bottleneck a 3070 very badly i feel.

 

[Spaghetti]

It'll be fine. I got a 3080 FE on last weeks drop and have been using it temporarily with the same motherboard, Asus p8p67 pro rev 3.0 with a i7 2600k @4.3ghz.
Was planning on a new 5950X build but have now decided just to wait a few months until Zen 3 + V-Cache or Alder Lake releases.

 

[JohnG7]

As the OP said "Temp".

 

[BUDFORCE]

Depends on the board.

I had a an MSI board same generation I had to flash the bios.

 

[XBloodyR]

Astounding how well the 2500k held up to this day. Without AMD it would probably still not be too much behind.

 

[Grim5]

Thanks for the replies.
I have an i5 2500k overclocked to 4.5ghz.
Probably wait for ddr5 to come out.
Cheers.

Mother of god sticking a 3070 in that pc, good luck and god speed

 

[HangTime]

You'll probably be CPU limited, so I wouldn't worry too much about the bandwidth.

 

[cub123]

Sorry to resurrect this thread.
Installed and running ok. Updated bois and works for now, with 30% gpu and 100% utilisation in BFV

Thanks again for the advice guys.

 

[Grim5]

Sorry to resurrect this thread.
Installed and running ok. Updated bois and works for now, with 30% gpu and 100% utilisation in BFV

Thanks again for the advice guys.

30% gpu usage with uncapped framerate? Ouch lol

 

[heatonpkmassive]

30% gpu usage with uncapped framerate? Ouch lol

I think he's aware of that hence the winky smiley

 

[BUDFORCE]

At least you can whack all the graphics up to max knowing it's not that will cause you slow down.