Will Short Cards Fit Into Longer Ones?

[Adi Setiabudi]

Basically i just received my GT 730 from Asus.

And i realize that this card doesn't fill all the way to the edge of the graphics PCI-E slot .

Is this ok in anyway? or will it have a certain impact (hardware related)?

 

[Forgotten031511]

What do you mean it doesn't fit all the way into the PCI-e slot? Is your case not large enough for the card to fully seat into the slot, or does it actually not fit in the slot itself?

If it does not fit into the slot, something is not right. Computers are like kids toys, if it does not fit...don't do it!

 

[Gam3r01]

That should be fine, as the card simply dosent need all the contacts to my knowledge.
Do note that it appears the card will not latch into the PCIe lane, so make sure its secure.

 

[Adi Setiabudi]

What do you mean it doesn't fit all the way into the PCI-e slot? Is your case not large enough for the card to fully seat into the slot, or does it actually not fit in the slot itself?

If it does not fit into the slot, something is not right. Computers are like kids toys, if it does not fit...don't do it!

Sorry i mean it leaves some space in the pci-e slot. it FITS into it, just not filling it to the edge like most graphic cards.

 

[Kari]

it is ok, the slot will autodetect the link width of the card. Your card seems to x8, the slot allows up to x16.
Just make sure the card is inserted fully and secured with a screw on the metal back bracket since the card is missing the small notch that would normally hook into the little latch at the end of the pcie slot...

edit, heh busy thread

 

[Adi Setiabudi]

That should be fine, as the card simply dosent need all the contacts to my knowledge.
Do note that it appears the card will not latch into the PCIe lane, so make sure its secure.

Yes i'm securing it properly, so having the contacts that short is alright then? with no apparent (short or long term) degrading effects on the slot itself?

 

[Gam3r01]

There should be no performance or physical difference. The card simply isnt powerful enough to warrant a full PCIe x16 lanes worth of connectors.

 

[de5_Roy]

Sorry i mean it leaves some space in the pci-e slot. it FITS into it, just not filling it to the edge like most graphic cards.

your motherboard has an x16 slot for gfx cards. your gfx card is x8, so it'll take half of the x16 slot. since it's an entry level card and fairly underpowered, being x8 won't harm.
most gfx cards have x16 connectors, which is wider than the one your card's got.

 

[Adi Setiabudi]

it is ok, the slot will autodetect the link width of the card. Your card seems to x8, the slot allows up to x16.
Just make sure the card is inserted fully and secured with a screw on the metal back bracket since the card is missing the small notch that would normally hook into the little latch at the end of the pcie slot...

edit, heh busy thread

Alright i'll make sure to secure it properly before usage.

The reason i'm using this card is because i wanted to see if the CUDA cores does assist in 3D rendering using the latest nVidia IRay. Don't want to spend that much until i have some certainty that it does actually assist me.

Thanks for the response, i'll be sure to followup after the installation and test renders.

 

[Adi Setiabudi]

There should be no performance or physical difference. The card simply isnt powerful enough to warrant a full PCIe x16 lanes worth of connectors.

Thanks for the response

I'll be sure to give some followups on the test runs and renders.

*UPDATE* Tested a render on it, it works nicely. A normal CPU only render would take 20 minutes or so, but when using the CPU + GPU assisted render it was cut down to almost 9 minutes with a very noticeable result