PCI-E 16x board in an 8x slot?

[tart666]

just wondering if this board would work in a dell SC420. I saw a note somewhere that some plastic has to be broken to make the card fit... Someone even got it to boot.

What do you guys think about the level of stability / performance that can be had with such a retrofit?

 

[Viper96720]

No and if you got it working it wouldn't perform very well

 

[Gunbuster]

Thats some hardcore FUD Viper96720

Everything I have seen says even going down to 1X PCIe has very little impact on performance.

Why dont you just wait till they get pix up in this thread http://www.aaltonen.us/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1999

 

[imported_trevor]

Yes it can but maybe not the ATI, looks like Nvidia's will work though. This guy put a 6600GT in a PowerEdge SC420 by breaking out the plastic divider. Read this thread http://www.aaltonen.us/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1999

 

[tart666]

Originally posted by: trevor
Yes it can but maybe not the ATI, looks like Nvidia's will work though. This guy put a 6600GT in a PowerEdge SC420 by breaking out the plastic divider. Read this thread http://www.aaltonen.us/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1999

thx, that's the thread i was looking for. Looks like this is the only success story so far, I was just looking for a general feel if this type of thing produces reliable results.