16x vs 1x?

[MeDownYou]

Okay, so I have a few questions that I haven't found really clear answers to...

 

Can i plug a 16x card directly into a 1x slot?

 

Will running a gpu on a 90 degree riser increase latency?

[Pugs501]

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GTX_980_PCI-Express_Scaling/

[MeDownYou]

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GTX_980_PCI-Express_Scaling/

Yes but:

If your GPU only takes power from PCIe:

-Make sure it takes 25 W or less

or

-Get an externally powered riser (molex)

 

And no, latency shouldn't be affected unless the riser has some extras like an USB port or shits

...sort of answers, worried about the wattage now those 200w cards ya know

[MeDownYou]

If it's powered by Auxiliar PCIe Power connectors you're fine

PS: are you trying to make an eGPU or what?

Well it has 2x6 pin connectors

[MeDownYou]

 

PS: are you trying to make an eGPU or what?

 

No I swapped mobo's and the only 16x slot now lines up with the partition in my case between HDD's and ODD's

[manikyath]

running a GPU on a 1x slot is a bad idea, as far as i know neither nVidia or AMD even allow the card to run in a 1x slot (8x for nVidia, and 4x for AMD minimum) even if it works, you'll have very low bandwidth between CPU and GPU/

[MeDownYou]

running a GPU on a 1x slot is a bad idea, as far as i know neither nVidia or AMD even allow the card to run in a 1x slot (8x for nVidia, and 4x for AMD minimum) even if it works, you'll have very low bandwidth between CPU and GPU/

Really? my mobo advertises that you can run 6 cards on it and there are 5 1x slots...

 

with risers that is