My motherboard has only one PCIe 8x (now used by raid-controller) and a few PCIe 4x slots, and I need graphic card (passthrough to VM). Now my question is:
If I manage to fit PCIe 16x graphic card into PCIe 4x slot, will it work? All I need is GFX with "symbolic" DX11-support, with no extra performance required (only 2d). It is very difficult to find PCIe 4x/1x card, but I have a few PCIe 16x lying around...
I know a little hardware "tweaking" would be necessary: I'd have to cut open back side of PCIe 4x connector on mobo so that graphic card could protrude from connector (or cut part of graphic-card interface, but that's for sure more dangerous)...
If I manage to fit PCIe 16x graphic card into PCIe 4x slot, will it work? All I need is GFX with "symbolic" DX11-support, with no extra performance required (only 2d). It is very difficult to find PCIe 4x/1x card, but I have a few PCIe 16x lying around...
I know a little hardware "tweaking" would be necessary: I'd have to cut open back side of PCIe 4x connector on mobo so that graphic card could protrude from connector (or cut part of graphic-card interface, but that's for sure more dangerous)...