PCIE speeds and lanes question

TamirE

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Jun 21, 2015
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Hi,

If I have a card pciex4 which requires x2 lanes and I'm plugging it into a pciex16 2.0 that limited to x2 speed,

will the card get both of the lanes even though it will only occupy quarter of the slot?

What is the max bandwidth the card will get?

Thanks
 
Solution
will the card get both of the lanes even though it will only occupy quarter of the slot? Yes

What is the max bandwidth the card will get? The 2 lanes