Resolved* PCIE x16 slot stuck at x1 mode while gaming

Yes, you can put a PCIe X16 card in a X8 slot Electrically, there is no difference between the two as they both receive the same 75 W of power

I tried the clear CMOS procedure again and that didn't fix the issue I tried a GTX 750 ti(that uses the power of the slot and not external

pcie slot meaning What is PCI express card? How many types of PCIe cards are there? What does PCIe x8, or PCIe x16 mean? Can I use a PCIe card in a slot

pcie 4 in pcie 3 slot ssd slot is through the chips et while top slot where gpus go is directly from cpu GPU in x16 slot uses 16 PCIE lanes, NVME SSD (assuming a gen