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Do AMD FM1 and/or FM2 A55, A75 or A85 chips support PCI-E 3.

by Nov 23, 2013 11:54PM PST

My motherboard is an ECS A55F-M2 (FM1 with A55 chips) and I can't find anywhere whether it supports PCI-E 3.0 or not. Also, I can't find any FM1/FM2 A55, A75 nor A85 motherboard that explicitly claims support for PCI-E 3.0
So my question is: can I run an AMD HD 7750 (PCI-E 3.0) on my motherboard or on any of the chips I mentioned above? ECS official website for my A55F-M2 doesn't say that it supports anything higher than an AMD HD 6xxx (http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_Detail...)

Also, I'd not want to upgrade to FM2 just to use a new discrete video card (I'd rather upgrade to an Intel i5 or AM3+ FX 6xxx)

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Odd.
by Forum moderator Nov 24, 2013 12:07AM PST

Those PCIe 3.0 video cards are known to work in almost all PCIe 2.x systems. Is this the old question about backwards compatibility? If so, I defer to that.

If not, then if the maker does not answer you may want to return their product and buy from companies that answer your questions.
Bob

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Ok then...
by bloooddrunk Nov 24, 2013 12:24AM PST

Thank you very much for your answer.
I don't think I'm gonna ever buy another ECS product, I've a pending questions since months.

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