Running a 550Ti at 8x?

How much of a performance impact would I have from running a 550Ti in a 8x slot? The copper pipe going to the VRM to northbridge prevents me from putting in a longer card in the first 16x slot.

system:
k9a2 platinum v1
gtx 550Ti
X6 1055T
4x2GB corsair xms2
 

giantbucket

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are you sure about the interference? from the images, it looks like the pipes are bent down in that spot to allow a long card to JUST barely fit above them. an EVGA card might be the most challenging since they tend to use a blocky design, but it should still fit even if with only 2-3mm of clearance.

if you place a plastic ruler or piece of cardboard on top of the PCIe slot (directly in line with the connector slot), how does it look around the heatpipes area?