How to check graphics card compatibility report?
Please visit MSI website to check the number and the specification of the PCIe_x16 slot with motherboard specification. Moreover, please confirm the PCI Express parameters, if the specifications shows it’s compatible to the graphics card specification, the graphics card’s PCI express bandwidth and protocol that matches the motherboard, the motherboard should be compatible to your graphics card in the most of the cases. To ensure the motherboard and the graphics card is 100% compatible, please check out motherboard compatibility report.
● Motherboard specification
o Go to MSI official website, search your motherboard and download the driver.
o For example: Z370 SLI PLUS, input the product name on the top right search bar , press [Enter]
o The matching result for “Z370 SLI PLUS” will show up, select [Specification]
o Go to [Product Specifications] tab and check out PCI_E x16 and PCI-E Gen. There are 3 PCI_E sockets for this motherboard here and the PCI_E x16 standard is 3.0 generation 3)
o According to the information above, the [GeForce GTX 2070 GAMING Z 8G] is also to support the [Z370 SLI PLUS] because they have the same interface specification
● Motherboard compatibility report
o Input the model name on the top right corner’s search bar at MSI official website
o For example: input Z370 SLI PLUS in the [Search] icon, press [Enter] key to find the matching result.
o Click on the [Compatibility] button down below the product name
o Click [VGA] for the compatible graphics card
o Check if your graphics card model is listed here, it means it is compatible to this motherboard
o According to the information above, the [GeForce GTX 2070 GAMING Z 8G] is also to support the [Z370 SLI PLUS] because they have the same interface specification
● Graphics card specifications
o Input the model name on the top right corner’s search bar at MSI official website
o For example: input GeForce GTX 2070 GAMING Z 8G in the [Search] icon, press [Enter] key to find the matching result.
o Click on the [Specifications] button down below the product name
o Under [Specifications] tab, please check out [Interface].
o This graphics card’s PCI interface is PCI Express x16 , 3.0
It indicates the display card’s PCI-E bus bar length is x16, whose standard is version 3.0. PCI-E compatible below 3.0 devices can be plugged into slots with standard of 2.0 and 1.0,and also, if you have a PCI-Ex16 slot on the mainboard,it can also support the display card ), in order to better play to the performance of the display card you are advised to match a PCI-E expansion slot support PCI Express x16 3.0 version of motherboards.
