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You aren't going t bottleneck a 2.0 revision PCI-E slot with any Graphics card that is out currently. 

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You aren't going t bottleneck a 2.0 revision PCI-E slot with any Graphics card that is out currently. 

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You're OK, even a 290X isn't bottlenecked by PCI-e 2.0 x8, and you have x16.

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EDIT: Nevermind. I'm completely wrong. lol

 

Just read this... http://www.tested.com/tech/457440-theoretical-vs-actual-bandwidth-pci-express-and-thunderbolt/

"A picture is starting to form here... I wonder if it's accurate? Some pieces don't quite seem to fit. Or maybe I just don't like the way it looks."

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