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So I was about to pick up an open box Asus P6T for $175 when I saw an openbox X58A-UD3R on Newegg openbox for $160+ship. I snagged it after doing only very minimal research (perhaps a good thing since there might have only been one or two... it showed as sold out about a minute after I picked one up).
Anyways, I only recently looked over the board layout and realized that the placement of the only PCI slot is a bit odd. I want to be able to use my XtremeMusic, but that looks like it would restrict Crossfire on any two-slot cards.
The only way I can see it working is if I use a long flex bridge (the asus 100mm kind) and use these two slots. Would that work? And if so, what bandwidth would I be getting?
Anyways, I only recently looked over the board layout and realized that the placement of the only PCI slot is a bit odd. I want to be able to use my XtremeMusic, but that looks like it would restrict Crossfire on any two-slot cards.
The only way I can see it working is if I use a long flex bridge (the asus 100mm kind) and use these two slots. Would that work? And if so, what bandwidth would I be getting?

