PCI express 2.0 x16 and p6n platinum

Would a video card that is PCI E 2.0 x16 work with MSI P6N platinum latest BIOS ?

Quote from: Jack the Newbie on 03-February-09, 16:30:08
PCI-Express 2.0 video cards should be downward compatible to the older standard.  So it should work.  However, some cards with some video BIOSes are not as downward compatible as they should.  This is not so much a matter of the mainboard BIOS version or the board itself. 
Just give it a try and see what happens.  I most cases there shouldn't be a problem, however, in rare cases it might not work as expected.
I was asking cause I got myself a GTX280 for 300 bucks and its on the way, so I was wondering.
Thanks.

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