Motherboard 2.0 x16 will accept graphics card PCI-E 3.0 x16?

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I am considering buying the motherboard listed below. The specs say it has a PCI-E 2.0 x16 slot. There are PCI-E 2.0 x16 video cards. But there are 3.0 x16 graphics cards available but there don’t seem to be motherboards that list 3.0 x16 in their specs.

What in the specs of a motherboard would indicate that a video card 3.0 x16 would be compatible? Maybe the specs of the motherboard should in fact list 3.0 x16 if the slot is available, I’m just not finding them?

GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Thanks,
Charlie