confused ..

[stobbsie]

hi all ,i was looking at getting the msi gtx 970 seeing as it seems to be a decent mid range card and good performance for the price but it says pci-e 3.0

MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING TWIN FROZR V OC 4GB GDDR5
1140MHz Core, 1279MHz Boost, 7010MHz Memory, 1664 CUDA Cores, DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI, DPort, PCIe 3.0, - Bus Type: PCI Express 3.0

does that mean my motherboard has to be pcie 3.0 for it to run properly im well confused as the motherboard i was looking to get was this one,
Intel Z97 Chipset, 4x DDR3, 3x PCI-E x16, 4x PCI-E x1, 8x SATA 6Gb/s, 1x M.2 slot, 3 Way Crossfire & 2 way SLI Support, 7.1 HD Audio, Killer GB LAN
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-260-MS

help please can anyone clear this up

 

[stobbsie]

so i dont understand the difference tbh,would it run better /faster with a motherboard with pcie 3.0?

 

[stobbsie]

k guys thanks that clears things up i will stick with the msi board and that gc for this build