Hello. I have an ASUS M4A89GTD Pro motherboard which is about 6 years old. I am interested in upgrading the video card to the RX 560 series. The motherboard manual indicates that it has a PCIe 2.0 x16 slot, but it looks like the RX560 uses PCIe 3.0 and I am not sure if the card is backward compatible to 2.0. How can I find out if this board is compatible with the newer video card?
Thanks for the info. The power supply is a 650w, so I think I'm good there. My follow up question would be if it's worth putting a new video card on such an old board/CPU. I would say they were both low-midrange in 2011, so very much outdated. However, I'm not looking for a powerhouse, just something to run current games a little smoother and at around 30-40 fps. Does the backward compatibility of the PCIe to 2.0 limit the new graphics card in such a way that the benefit would be minuscule, or is it not a big deal?
Not supported on Win 8.1 OS, does your mobo have uefi support,(haven't checked if some cards are dual (legacy/uefi) bios.
Running Win10, mobo does not have UEFI support.
All PCie 3.0 cards are backwards compatible with PCie 2.0.
More importantly, you should confirm that you have an adequate power supply for the new card.