Performance question

[Petar_99]

I've got a 1080 and I've plunged in the second PCIe slot because my CPU cooler is massive. The second slot is a x8 slot compared to the first one which is a x16 slot. Is there any performance difference by doing this because I get 60Fps + at High or Ultra at 3440 X 1440 res on every game. 

[oskarha]

1 minute ago, Petar_99 said:

I've got a 1080 and I've plunged in the second PCIe slot because my CPU cooler is massive. The second slot is a x8 slot compared to the first one which is a x16 slot. Is there any performance difference by doing this because I get 60Fps + at High or Ultra at 3440 X 1440 res on every game. 

What motherboard/cpu do you have?

If you have a newer cpu and motherboard your gpu will be running at pcie 3.0.

Pcie 3.0 in x8 mode is plenty of bandwidth for your gpu, so you are most likely getting the most out of your gpu

[Petar_99]

Ahh ok. Thanks for the info 

[Castdeath97]

NOPE, PCIe 8X is more than enough.

[Petar_99]

I've got an i7 6700k and a MSI z170 gaming X 

[Mira Yurizaki]

PCIe 3.0 x8 is fine. Graphics cards still haven't capped out PCIe 1.1 x16/ 2.0 x8 / 3.0 x4.

[Kadleli]

PCIe 3.0 x8 is as much as x16 2.0, which is more than enough.

[Vode]

You won't have problems. Performance will be the same.