Nvidia RTX 3080: PCIe vs scaling analysis

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Understand that the Z840 has Gen 3 PCIe slots According to the PCIe specs, the GPU should fall back to Gen 3 speeds Is

PCIE cards are backwards compatible with the and the slots, but you won't be able to enjoy the full extent of your new PCIE card Your PCIe card will run at the lowest generation present So if you put a PCIe card in a PCIe slot, you'll get PCIe performance

cardboard slot sculpture In short, absolutely yes, you can! The design of the physical slot itself has not changed, and any Gen 3 device, such as a graphics card or Apparently the cross-compatibility and quality are quite variable PCIe = gen3 seems easier than gen4, though, and for your needs it sounds