Using a PCIe x1 card in a PCIe x16 slot

To check the link speed of PCIe slot, you can use some monitor utility like GPU-Z to check slot will run at a maximum of 4x PCI-E

ashen's right if you have a pcie 1x or 2x card, it will not only fit in a 1x or 2x slot, it will fit in anything up to a 16x but you can't put

cancel postcode lottery subscription A PCIe card and mainboard will negotiate the connection to the fastest supported by both So a x4 card will fully utilize a x4 slot

canada immigration lottery Here is AMD's Crossfire compatibility chart to help you understand which cards will work together in crossfire and yes x16 and x4 will work fine