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PCIe 3.0 (x16)

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I have the maximus iv gene-z which has 2 xPCIe2.0x16 slots.. Are the new GPU's with "PCIe 3.0 (x16)" not compatable with my board or will I lose something in performance... ?:confused:
 
as Rusty says, you will be fine, PCIe 2 and 3 are compatible with each other in every way

PCIe 3 has a bigger bandwidth, but this only comes in to play if you have multiple graphics cards (3 or more usually), with 1 or 2 it makes the tiniest of differences to frame rate in games, not anything worth worrying about
 
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