MSI R9 380 4G PCI Express 3.0 x16 (x8)?

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I have a Gigabyte GA-Z97X-GAMING 3 motherboard can I run my MSI R9 380 gaming 4g in the PCI express 3.0 x16 (x8) slot? It covers up 2 of my PCI slots that I need if it's in the PCI Express 3.0 x16 (x16) slot. Only using the one video card. Not doing crossfire.

 

[Anonymouselite5]

As long as the card physically fits in the slot, 8x speed is fine.
If it was a 4x slot it would be limiting but 8x is fine for current graphics cards speeds.

-good luck