I'm thinking of getting this: ASUS GTX660-DC2O-2GD5 GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
However, my mobo is the Asus P6T Deluxe v2, which has a 2.0 slot.
I know 2.0 and 3.0 are compatible, however, when I first built my system about 5 years ago, I put my previous 1.0 card in the 2.0 slot and had major system responsiveness issues. It would stutter and essentially be unusable unless I booted into Safe Mode, so I ended up having to buy a 2.0 card which fixed the problem.
So where as before, I put an older card in a newer mobo, I'm just wondering what the chances are of something going wrong if I put a newer card in an older mobo.
I'm choosing an Asus GTX660 because I figure putting an Asus card in an Asus mobo will lower the chance of system instability.
What do you think?
However, my mobo is the Asus P6T Deluxe v2, which has a 2.0 slot.
I know 2.0 and 3.0 are compatible, however, when I first built my system about 5 years ago, I put my previous 1.0 card in the 2.0 slot and had major system responsiveness issues. It would stutter and essentially be unusable unless I booted into Safe Mode, so I ended up having to buy a 2.0 card which fixed the problem.
So where as before, I put an older card in a newer mobo, I'm just wondering what the chances are of something going wrong if I put a newer card in an older mobo.
I'm choosing an Asus GTX660 because I figure putting an Asus card in an Asus mobo will lower the chance of system instability.
What do you think?