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this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2023
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yeah, i know such cards exist but the goal here is to tap those 8 lanes you loose by using x8 GPU (such as RX 6600, RX 7600, RTX 4060 etc.) in x16 slot, people could gain extra 2 m.2 ports this way, enabling compact-ish builds with lots of storage, for example i have only only one m.2 slot on my cheapo mATX board, and two additional pcie 2.0 x1 slots i have available are pretty useless storage-wise (not faster than SATA3), it would be pretty useful in my case (though i would be able to use only one additional m.2 slot because x8x8 bifurcation support)
ah my bad, I misunderstood. Yea having this would be a nice way to use those extra 8x lanes, as long as you dont plan on upgrading the card to one that needs the x16.