I have searched but i have'nt find a straight forward answer so i ask pretty simple question:
I got an Asus Maxiums VI Hero mobo and i7 4770k processor, currently i am running GTX 1080 which is running at x16 speed.
Now i want to upgrade my sound card and i have found a pretty good deal, an X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro selling for $50 but its a PCIE x1 card, if i add it will it scale my GPU to x8 as my processor has 16 lanes? Yes i know x8 wouldn't make much difference but i also plan to do SLI in near future and that might mean one of the GPU scaling to x4 which would definitely decrease performance.
I got an Asus Maxiums VI Hero mobo and i7 4770k processor, currently i am running GTX 1080 which is running at x16 speed.
Now i want to upgrade my sound card and i have found a pretty good deal, an X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro selling for $50 but its a PCIE x1 card, if i add it will it scale my GPU to x8 as my processor has 16 lanes? Yes i know x8 wouldn't make much difference but i also plan to do SLI in near future and that might mean one of the GPU scaling to x4 which would definitely decrease performance.