Can this video card fit into this slot?

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I'm looking at buying a video card with a PCI Express 2.0 X 16 connection. Can it fit into a PCI Express X16 slot on a moherboard?

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yes it will


(However for the love of TF, please do not try to cut the connection down to size. You video card will not work afterwards)
 
Yep. The actual difference is the chip driving the slot... the slots themselves are identical.
 
Will a pci express 2.0 X 16 video card function properly with the different driver of a express X 16? Will it suffer a performance hit in a express X 16 slot? There is a motherboard I like in all aspects except it has a pci express X 16 slot only.
 
Will a pci express 2.0 X 16 video card function properly with the different driver of a express X 16? Will it suffer a performance hit in a express X 16 slot? There is a motherboard I like in all aspects except it has a pci express X 16 slot only.

In short.
Everything will work fine.


techPowerUp :: AMD Radeon HD 5870 PCI-Express Scaling Review :: Page 25 / 26

PCI-E 1.0 X16 has the same bandwidth as PCI-E 2.0 X8

And if you'll notice... A 5870 performs at 98-99% of it's full capacity just fine on an x8 slot.
So you won't have much of a performance hit at all.
 
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