Quote Originally Posted by Martijn View Post
That is exactly what I was planning as well. Many motherboards with an extra PCIe 16x slot are made that way as well, with the only difference there being the physical x16 slot available. The only thing I am worried about is the amount of current the x8 slot can deliver. I wouldn't want to throw a mid-end GPU in there (IE 4650/9500GT) since it uses nearly all the power a x16 slot supply. That would be way over the specs of a x8 slot. I'd only use low-end cards and high-end cards with an extra power connector.
maybe..But consider this;
On the supermicro X6xxx series they have 2X16 slots and the second carries a x4 signal but works fine with a vid card so I'm assuming that this x8 slot will also.
The funny thing is that in the bios there is the choice for pci-e or onboard vid.
That was a pleasant surprise that I didn't expect to see.