Hey there, guys. I have a bit of a problem that I can't seem to figure out right now. So I was thinking of buying a GT 1030 or GTX 1050 (non-Ti) because all I have right now is a GT 710. I know that the 1030 and 1050 are PCIe 3.0 x16 cards and I also know that if I use them on a PCIe 2.0 x16 slot I will have minimal or no bottleneck. However, I cannot figure out whether my motherboard has a x8 slot or x16 slot. My motherboard is an old cheap Biostar H81MLV3. The Biostar site tells me the motherboard has a x16 slot, however, GPU-Z is telling me that the slot is a x8 (Screenshot: http://prntscr.com/jbn99v). I can't find many details about the motherboard, so I can't tell if there are multiple "models" or "versions" of the motherboard (one with a x16 slot and one with a x8). It might just be that the card is a PCIe 2.0 x8 card, but not sure. Please help, thank you!
Edit: The nvidia site only says "PCIe Express 2.0" for the 710
Edit: The nvidia site only says "PCIe Express 2.0" for the 710
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