ASUS P8Z68-V Pro - Question

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I consider purchasing ASUS P8Z68-V Pro board but I have read this in the z68 round up:

The real reason why we can’t hand the win to the P8Z68-V Pro is its compromised expansion card slots. Using the bottom slot at x4 results in two x1 slots and two onboard controllers being disabled. In other words, the bottom graphics card slot turns out to be more gimmick than feature, and may cause system builders to feel like they’ve been duped. That type of tomfoolery might be acceptable in lower-priced segments, but this is a $210 board!

I need the VGA port at the moment (I'm getting the discrete video card later on) so I can't go for the Deluxe model.
What this limitation means?

I always use a single video card configuration... Is it relevant for me?

 

[Noworldorder]

I consider purchasing ASUS P8Z68-V Pro board but I have read this in the z68 round up:

The real reason why we can’t hand the win to the P8Z68-V Pro is its compromised expansion card slots. Using the bottom slot at x4 results in two x1 slots and two onboard controllers being disabled. In other words, the bottom graphics card slot turns out to be more gimmick than feature, and may cause system builders to feel like they’ve been duped. That type of tomfoolery might be acceptable in lower-priced segments, but this is a $210 board!

I need the VGA port at the moment (I'm getting the discrete video card later on) so I can't go for the Deluxe model.
What this limitation means?

I always use a single video card configuration... Is it relevant for me?

You will be using one video card in the upper PCI x 16 slot, so this will not affect you at all.
The review is just saying that the lower slots share lanes - Well, we all know that anyway. The review is a lot of hype, because any competent reviewer already knew that, and could just have easily mentioned that "the lower slots share bandwidth."
I have never seen anyone use the bottom PCIe slot for a GPU anyway.

 

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Thank you so much!
I have bought the board..