Will a PCIe 1X card in a PCIe 16X slot slow the video card?

PCIe x1 x4 cards in x16 slot can you put pcie 1x in 16x slot The short answer is yes You can plug a PCIe x1 card into the PCIe x16 slot A PCIe x1 card can be plugged into any larger slot and will cannon cove slot While the 16x slot still only has the same signal conductors, it gets additional power and ground pins Officially, a 1x slot can only offer 25W

candy slot online The x1 slot you used was probably on the PCH and not direct to the CPU Plug it into one of