Will an 8x PCIE 3.0 slot bottleneck my 980ti?

Horribly. Expect -75% performance.

>>55308405
No.

You'd need pcie 3.0 2x for a noticeable bottleneck, but it'll start at pcie 4.0

>>55308460
Do you think its worth it to return my current heatsink (which is why i can't use my 16x slot) to use the 16x slot?

>Yes
>No.
>Maybe
>Being jewed by Nvidia

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>>55308405
You tell me, OP.