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LionGoodWay 20 Jul @ 2:02am
Creative PCI-E Audigy FX V2 5.1 Ret
Hello everybody! Please tell me, I want to purchase a Creative PCI-E Audigy FX V2 5.1 Ret sound card, the installation is specified by the manufacturer in the PCI-e slot. I will install it in the Asus P8Z77-V LX motherboard. On this motherboard, one PCI-e slot will be physically closed by the graphics card, and the only free PCI-e will remain, which is located above PCI-e 3.0 x16. I don't want to install the sound card directly above the video card due to heat generation from the video card and possible electrical interference. The Asus P8Z77-V LX motherboard has a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (x4) slot for installing a second graphics card. The question is, will this Creative PCI-E Audigy FX V2 5.1 Ret work in the PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (x4) slot designed for the second graphics card?
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hCerisu ❤ 22 Jul @ 6:03am 
It should work, yes. PCI Express was designed so that motherboard slots can accept cards with smaller form factors than the maximum the slot supports.
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LionGoodWay 25 Jul @ 9:20am 
Originally posted by hCerisu ❤:
It should work, yes. PCI Express was designed so that motherboard slots can accept cards with smaller form factors than the maximum the slot supports.

won't this slow down the graphics card? I've heard that maybe the first slot will be switched to x8 mode, is that so?
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xDDD 25 Jul @ 9:52am 
Originally posted by LionGoodWay:
Originally posted by hCerisu ❤:
It should work, yes. PCI Express was designed so that motherboard slots can accept cards with smaller form factors than the maximum the slot supports.

won't this slow down the graphics card? I've heard that maybe the first slot will be switched to x8 mode, is that so?
That doesn't seem to be the case.

Skimming through this:
https://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1155/P8Z77-V_LX/E8533_P8Z77-V_LX.pdf
On page 33 it seems to say that it'll be 16x even with 2 PCIE cards. It does note that the other slot would be 4x so perhaps people meant it is basically equivalent to 8x in a setup with SLI/Crossfire.


I don't know for sure though since I do not have this Motherboard or Soundcard
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LionGoodWay 25 Jul @ 10:02am 
Originally posted by xDDD:
Originally posted by LionGoodWay:

won't this slow down the graphics card? I've heard that maybe the first slot will be switched to x8 mode, is that so?
That doesn't seem to be the case.

Skimming through this:
https://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1155/P8Z77-V_LX/E8533_P8Z77-V_LX.pdf
On page 33 it seems to say that it'll be 16x even with 2 PCIE cards. It does note that the other slot would be 4x so perhaps people meant it is basically equivalent to 8x in a setup with SLI/Crossfire.


I don't know for sure though since I do not have this Motherboard or Soundcard

It doesn't matter, thanks. So far, my asus xonar dg is quite working, it's just that my perfectionism has failed at the moment.
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_I_ 25 Jul @ 10:04am 
Originally posted by LionGoodWay:
Originally posted by hCerisu ❤:
It should work, yes. PCI Express was designed so that motherboard slots can accept cards with smaller form factors than the maximum the slot supports.

won't this slow down the graphics card? I've heard that maybe the first slot will be switched to x8 mode, is that so?
no
gpu does not need x16 lanes all the time, and sound card only uses x1 at most
sure its not like the sb taking x4 lanes but that covers usb, lan, audio, and sb pci slots

lanes are dynamically changed all the time
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LionGoodWay 25 Jul @ 10:20am 
Originally posted by _I_:
Originally posted by LionGoodWay:

won't this slow down the graphics card? I've heard that maybe the first slot will be switched to x8 mode, is that so?
no
gpu does not need x16 lanes all the time, and sound card only uses x1 at most
sure its not like the sb taking x4 lanes but that covers usb, lan, audio, and sb pci slots

lanes are dynamically changed all the time

It's just that an example was made on one of the forums that if there is a video card on one x16 slot, and the second x8 is occupied by a weaker module, then the main x16 slot, where the video card is located, may lose bandwidth. I don't know, maybe it's a myth.
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