Hey Ace, I just switched motherboards on Christmas Eve to the new EVGA 780i and now have the 1210 running in the 3rd (middle) 16X slot. It runs at its full 8X speed flawlessly. The great thing about this board is that the middle 16X slot is a pci-e 1.1 slot and not the newer 2.0 slot. All is well here. Too bad about the DFi X38 for me, I did really like the board, but this way I can run SLI (I now have 2 8800GT's in SLI up and running), happy holidays to me!!!

Shawn