NVIDIA addressed some concerns over whether the new 8K 60FPS capable GeForce RTX 3090 graphics card would have any issues in a PCIe 3.0 slot, given the card is PCIe 4.0 compatible.
The answer is no -- you will be fine, senior vice president of content and technology at NVIDIA, Tony Tamasi, explains on Reddit: "System performance is impacted by many factors and the impact varies between applications".
He continued: "The impact is typically less than a few percent going from a x16 PCIE 4.0 to x16 PCIE 3.0. CPU selection often has a larger impact on performance.We look forward to new platforms that can fully take advantage of Gen4 capabilities for potential performance increases".
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If you thought you needed a new PSU, think again -- you should be fine says NVIDIA.
- Read more about NVIDIA's new 'ferocious' GeForce RTX 3090 -- which costs $1499, right here.
- Read more about NVIDIA's new 'flagship' GeForce RTX 3080 -- which costs $699, right here.
- Read more about NVIDIA's new 'gaming king' GeForce RTX 3070 -- which costs $499, right here.
