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Paradigm Shifter
 Post subject: Re: SLI & Crossfire
PostPosted: 30 Apr 2011, 17:54 
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The slot physically is a 16x slot. But electrically it's on a 4x slot. PCI-E is great as it doesn't matter whether a device is a 1x, 4x, 8x or 16x device... if it'll physically fit in the slot, it'll work. (In theory).
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 Post subject: Re: SLI & Crossfire
PostPosted: 30 Apr 2011, 20:19 
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The slot physically is a 16x slot. But electrically it's on a 4x slot. PCI-E is great as it doesn't matter whether a device is a 1x, 4x, 8x or 16x device... if it'll physically fit in the slot, it'll work. (In theory).

Haha, I put a GFX card in a 1x slot and it worked. I have to melt the back off of it, but yeah it worked (amazingly). Performance wasn't that bad either.

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 Post subject: Re: SLI & Crossfire
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Haha, I put a GFX card in a 1x slot and it worked. I have to melt the back off of it, but yeah it worked (amazingly). Performance wasn't that bad either.

Yeah, I know it will... that's why some mobos have open-ended PCI-E slots... :)
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