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GiveYourOpinion

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Jul 13, 2022
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Do you believe a GeForce 7300 GT era video card, run in an x8 slot instead of an x16, may have a significantly longer lifespan, because it has consistently been run below maximum supported speed?
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h9826790

macrumors P6
Apr 3, 2014
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It won't.

1) There should be almost no performance difference

2) Life span shouldn't be affected
 
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