My graphics card had performed bad and after upgrading I feel it may have been because I had it connected to a 4x pcie slot

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No problem - I would move it if you can, but if not, you're most likely better off investigating other causes for the poor performance.
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fatsoh

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it was a mid/high range card while i had it (a HD 7950 I got for around $400 or so when it first came out)

I always thought that it was strange that it couldn't max source games.

Do you think having it in the 4x slot could have caused performance issues?
 
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There's actually an interesting article Tom's Hardware published awhile back that touched on this issue (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/graphics-performance-myths-debunked,3739-3.html) - assuming it's PCIe 2.0 or higher, the performance hit shouldn't be enough to seriously harm graphics performance (given the math, at least), though I suppose it is possible. Why do you have it plugged into a 4x slot, anyway?
 
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fatsoh

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I was young and reckless.

It was my first PC I build and didn't think it mattered where to put the GPU.

Thanks for article!
 
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No problem - I would move it if you can, but if not, you're most likely better off investigating other causes for the poor performance.
 
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