Quote Originally Posted by dctokyo View Post
Thanks for the reply sholvaco.
What would happen if you use the first slot and leave the second one empty but use the third slot which is a 1 x PCIe x16 (white) supports at x4 mode which gets it`s lanes from the chipset instead of the CPU as in the first and second PCIe 2.0 x16


If a card is used in the third? Would that force the first slot to use only 8?
Both would run at their full specified speeds: the top red slot at x16, the bottom white one at x4.