Unrelated inquiry regarding PCI-E
Unrelated inquiry regarding PCI-E
Yes, you can merge those ports into a single PCI-E X16 slot. Just make sure your motherboard supports that configuration.
Connecting two cards to one PCIEX16 port isn't feasible unless you use a split support solution.
They seem to want those 2x8 connections matched to the performance of a single x16 port.
One PCI-E X16 GPU connected to two PCI-E X8 ports on an older server motherboard. Testing this setup.
You're asking whether to merge your two 8-port connections into one 16-port setup or vice versa. It looks like the board doesn't allow splitting ports, and combining PCIe slots isn't an option. Since the server is outdated and slow, boosting PCIe speed won't help much if the CPU struggles to keep up.