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rampage extreme 2 pcie question

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xtkxhom3r

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ok so i have a rampage extreme 2 with 2 4890's in the top blue slots and a xfi titanium in the black pcie slot now i need my pci slot thats inbetween both of my video cards.... if i move one of my video cards to the last pcie slot (white) does this mean its going to go down to 8x? or since i only have 2 video cards will it stay at 16x?
 
To simply answer you question yes it will go down to 8x.

If you put the card in the top slot and the bottom it will run in
16X 2.0 / 8x 2.0 . you will NOT bottleneck your cards in this configuration .PCI 8X 2.0 is still faster than a standard PCI-16x 1.0 slot currently there inst a card out that will even utilize a full PCI-16x 1.0 slot so you be fine!
 
wait what??? the 16x slots are 1.0!?!?!? im almost positive their 16x 2.0....

No they are 2.0 slots what im saying even though it drops down to 8x 2.0 its still faster than a standard pci-e 16x 1.0, so your cards wont be bottle-necked.
 
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