Crossfire Meets PCI Express 2.0

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How much of a performance advantage does PCI Express 2.0 offer over PCIe 1.0a? How much performance do you lose on an x4 or x8 connector or gain with two full x16 connectors?

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[ART-T]

I read an article that was comparing PCIe cards into slots that were only 8x and 4x.

I was wondering if that means you can buy PCIe 2.0 cards and put them in a x16 slot (and still work; but with degraded performance).