If I have a motherboard that has both PCIe 2.0 and 3.0 and I plug something into a PCIe 2.0 slot but not the 3.0 slot, will the motherboard just use the PCIe lanes associated with a motherboard's chipset?
From what I understand, a CPU can have lanes for PCIe and a motherboard's chipset also has lanes for PCIe. Does this mean you can use one without it affecting the other?
Here's an example to clarify my question: Let's say I have a motherboard with a Z97 chipset. If I plug a GTX 970 into the motherboard's PCIe 3.0 x16 slot and an older R6 265 into the PCIe 2.0 x16 slot, will these both run utilizing the 16 3.0 lanes from the CPU and 8 2.0 lanes from the motherboard's chipset?
Also, just for clarification: when referring to PCIe 3.0 x16, does the "x16" just refer to the length of the slot and the number of lanes is implied based on the specs?
Thanks for any answers I receive in advance.
From what I understand, a CPU can have lanes for PCIe and a motherboard's chipset also has lanes for PCIe. Does this mean you can use one without it affecting the other?
Here's an example to clarify my question: Let's say I have a motherboard with a Z97 chipset. If I plug a GTX 970 into the motherboard's PCIe 3.0 x16 slot and an older R6 265 into the PCIe 2.0 x16 slot, will these both run utilizing the 16 3.0 lanes from the CPU and 8 2.0 lanes from the motherboard's chipset?
Also, just for clarification: when referring to PCIe 3.0 x16, does the "x16" just refer to the length of the slot and the number of lanes is implied based on the specs?
Thanks for any answers I receive in advance.
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