Question about pci-E slots.

i was watching a building pc repair video and he mentioned that u should put ur gpu in the top slot to get best speeds.

I have my NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 on bottom slot but its a pci-E x16 slot does that mean i dont have to worry? or do i have it in the wrong slot?.

Motherboard : P8Z77-V LX (LGA1155)

its a chunky gpu so gave it room.

 

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is a PCI Express 3.0 card. The ASUS P8Z77-V LX has 2 PCI Express x16 slots (1 x 2.0 and 1 x 3.0). Have a look at the following image (scroll down) - you'll notice the PCI Express 3.0 slot is closest to the CPU. That's where your card must go.
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/P8Z77V_LX/

FYI While the card will work in the PCI Express x16 2.0 slot, speed will be reduced by almost 50%.

 

Thanks for your reply! i will sort that out i always thought it felt a bit sluggish now that explains it then!. once again thanks!

 

Wifey's 290X runs the same in slower slots and cools much better away from the CPU. Sometimes the bottleneck is not the slot. Her computer runs much better with the PCIE SSD in the faster slot and the 290X in the slower one.
Try it in each slot; support for PCIE3 does not mean it needs it.