What are the performance differences between PCI-Express x16 and x4
- by Cestarian
I have two PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots on my motherboard, but one of them is actually just x4.
For passing through my graphics card to a virtual machine I need to use both slots simultaneously and unfortunately, the easiest way for me to achieve that is putting the stronger card in the x4 slot (secondary slot; I need the stronger card to be in the…