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I have a PCIE 16x card I want to install but my Triple Slot GPU is covering the slot. Is it ok for me to move it down a slot? I have a Ryzen 7 3700x, MSI MOG X570 Gaming Edge WiFi Mobo, and an RTX 2070 Super.

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Just now, Slottr said:

I don't understand why you can't use the first slot 

The first slot currently has my GPU. My GPU is covering the only other PCIE 16x slot because it’s triple slot size.

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3 minutes ago, Stlerfn said:

I have a PCIE 16x card I want to install but my Triple Slot GPU is covering the slot. Is it ok for me to move it down a slot? I have a Ryzen 7 3700x, MSI MOG X570 Gaming Edge WiFi Mobo, and an RTX 2070 Super.

What type of card are you going to install? But the rule is the higher the gpu is up the better because the higher slots have higher bandwith and if you move the gpu down it could reduce fps etc

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2 minutes ago, Bwithnewcast said:

What type of card are you going to install? But the rule is the higher the gpu is up the better because the higher slots have higher bandwith and if you move the gpu down it could reduce fps etc

It’s not that important, I was going to install an old Quadro I found lying around. If it’s going to hurt my gaming performance I won’t do it.

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3 minutes ago, Bwithnewcast said:

What type of card are you going to install? But the rule is the higher the gpu is up the better because the higher slots have higher bandwith and if you move the gpu down it could reduce fps etc

Would it help if I change the top slot to 8x and the second slot to 16x?

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7 minutes ago, Stlerfn said:

The first slot currently has my GPU. My GPU is covering the only other PCIE 16x slot because it’s triple slot size.

Oh I see. You'll lose some bandwidth- but you can try it yourself and see if the loss is great enough to warrant needing the primitive slot 

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2 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Oh I see. You'll lose some bandwidth- but you can try it yourself and see if the loss is great enough to warrant needing the primitive slot 

Would it be possible for me to change the second slot to 16x and the first to 8x. The new card doesn’t need a lot of bandwidth, just a slot that will fit it.

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Assuming the slot physically can be 16x then sure you can change them around. 

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How bad is the GPU covering the slot? Would a riser cable help?

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6 minutes ago, n0stalghia said:

How bad is the GPU covering the slot? Would a riser cable help?

I am not sure where I could fit a riser cable. The slot is where I could plug in a card, but the airflow to my GPU would be non existent

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6 minutes ago, n0stalghia said:

How bad is the GPU covering the slot? Would a riser cable help?

All Riser cables I know of require a place to mount them. If you know of one that would let me just reposition the card somehow, please let me know.

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2 hours ago, Stlerfn said:

I have a PCIE 16x card I want to install but my Triple Slot GPU is covering the slot. Is it ok for me to move it down a slot? I have a Ryzen 7 3700x, MSI MOG X570 Gaming Edge WiFi Mobo, and an RTX 2070 Super.

 

You may need to adjust bios settings to allow this, there may also be a bandwidth hit. But yes the GPU should work in any X16 slot.

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So is this correct:

 

You have the choice of

 

1. lowering the triple slot GPU used for gaming, this provides better airflow.

2. restricting airflow by putting Quadro right underneath

3. putting the quadro even lower with less bandwith.

 

I would do 3. I've never seen a 2x decrease in pci bandwidth reducing fps. #1 is the second choice.

I would bet the quadro does not need much bandwith for compute rather than risk losing fps.

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4 minutes ago, LOST TALE said:

So is this correct:

 

You have the choice of

 

1. lowering the triple slot GPU used for gaming, this provides better airflow.

2. restricting airflow by putting Quadro right underneath

3. putting the quadro even lower with less bandwith.

 

I would do 3. I've never seen a 2x decrease in pci bandwidth reducing fps. #1 is the second choice.

I would bet the quadro does not need much bandwith for compute rather than risk losing fps.

I do not have another 16x slot. Only 2 1x slots. 3 is not an option.

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1 minute ago, Stlerfn said:

I do not have another 16x slot. Only 2 1x slots. 3 is not an option.

Lol 1x slots might not be that bad. I'd test it or ask regarding your use case.

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Just now, LOST TALE said:

Lol 1x slots might not be that bad. I'd test it or ask regarding your use case.

What I am saying is that the 16x Card will not physically fit in the 1x slot. It’s too small.

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7 minutes ago, LOST TALE said:

Lol 1x slots might not be that bad. I'd test it or ask regarding your use case.

Sorry, I just looked at it and it might actually work. I didn’t realize there was a break in the PCIE connectors

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15 minutes ago, LOST TALE said:

Lol 1x slots might not be that bad. I'd test it or ask regarding your use case.

I don’t think this will work because I believe that the 1x looking piece is for power delivery only. Correct me if I’m wrong.

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