What you say makes little sense to me, as most that changes is some internal chipset latency, which will never have more than a FPS or two impact in games. Multi-gpu this may havea slightly larger impact..maybe double..but not more than that.
The extra socket is to provide power directly to pci-e slots, eliminating extra electrical noise in the pcb. But now that cards are getting higher-draw, this socket is disappearing, as the 24-pin mobo connector went up from 20 to provide the extra power anyway.
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