CandiceJoy

I just checked the manual and tried it...worked perfectly....wow I'm a derp, thanks so much ❤️

yes, but they have low bandwidth most of the time, so it's suitable for low bandwidth cards like wifi or sound card
 
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those other cards are probably running off the lanes from chipset, so your GPU can still get x16
check your motherboard manual to know which slot to use to utilise lanes from chipset.