x8 pcie card in a x16 pcie slot ?

[raxid77]

will a x8 pcie card work in a x16 slot ? if yes...will it work fine ?

 

[coozie7]

The card should work perfectly, the only possible issue is that it may not reach the locking bar of a x16 slot so be careful not to disturb the system when it is powered on or you could dislodge the card.

 

[raxid77]

The card should work perfectly, the only possible issue is that it may not reach the locking bar of a x16 slot so be careful not to disturb the system when it is powered on or you could dislodge the card.

so you mean it will be a loose fit ? n what about the perfomance will it be reduced ?

 

[raxid77]

x16 is for gpus only dot try to conect nything to that slot exept for a gpu.agp slots differ prom a pci slot so dont try to conect that either.

yeah i am talking about a gpu too...i just have a x16 slot in my pc and the card that i am looking for has a x8 interface bus

 

[coozie7]

Can you link to the card? It's very rare to see anything other than x1 or x16 cards-the x8 ones I've come across were in OEM workstations.
An x8 card differs from x16 cards in that it's connector is shorter by 8 PCI-E lanes, the power and synch lines are identical so it'll work perfectly in a x16 slot, provided you can secure it safely that is.

 

[raxid77]

Can you link to the card? It's very rare to see anything other than x1 or x16 cards-the x8 ones I've come across were in OEM workstations.
An x8 card differs from x16 cards in that it's connector is shorter by 8 PCI-E lanes, the power and synch lines are identical so it'll work perfectly in a x16 slot, provided you can secure it safely that is.

there u go
http://www.gigabyte.pk/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4619#ov
http://www.gigabyte.pk/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4750#ov

 

[coozie7]

Odd, the x8 cards I've seen before are for workstations.
Looking at them they both use a full length connector, all Gigabyte have done is to miss out half of the contacts, which is no problem.
So, finally, I will say that either of those cards will fit into a x16 PCI-e slot perfectly, work perfectly and there will be no loss of performance because the GT630 is not fast enough to demand a X16 link.
This bit is off topic so don't reply if you don't want to.
DDR3 memory is slow by current standards and the 64 bit memory bus is very narrow, as a gaming card it is going to be very weak. Of course if it's not for gaming it'll handle movie playback and general home uses perfectly well.

 

[arifbsiyad]

Will gigabyte geforce 710 1 GB DDR3 graphics card with pci-e x8 interface works fine with zebronics g31 motherboard with pci-e x16 interface?Anyone please reply