Will an drive cause my GPU to run at 8x instead of x16

Will an drive cause my GPU to run at 8x instead of x16 pcie 8x slot PCI Express adapters use a different type of slot than Peripheral Component Interconnect and Peripheral Component Interconnect-X pciex16 slot configuration The MB manual says that the x8 slot shares bandwidth with the x16 slot Meaning, if I use the x8 slot, the x16 slot will operate in x8 mode

pciex16 slot configuration Situation with a Mellanox X3 10GB network card I have a PCIe slot working on 4 lanes The duo Mellanox card uses a

pcie slot size A PCIe x1 adapter can fit in an x1 or higher slot A larger card, such as a PCIe x16, cannot fit in a lower-numbered slot  PCIe slots are used for more than just graphics cards, though few require the bandwidth of an x16 slot Some devices do, like a quad slot