Will using a sound card in a pcie x16 slot slow down my graphics card?

colionecrowder

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I have a MSI Z79 PC Mate Motherboard that has a PCI-e 3.0 Slot that holds my GTX 1070.
I want to buy a Sound Blaster Audigy PCIe Sound card for 7.1 Surround sound but my pcie x1 slots are covered by my massive Graphics card. If i install the new Sound card in the Pci-e x16 2.0 will it Limit my graphics card in terms of perfomance?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EO6X7PG/ref=twister_B00GAW4TEU?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
This is the sound card i plan on buying.
 
Solution
It's a 1x card thus will only use 1x bandwidth. Now no card really uses the full bandwidth of an x16 slot so no worries.

colionecrowder

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So the sound card will fit in the PCI-e x16 slot?
Sorry if thats a stupid question.