Red Rocket PCIe Gen1 or Gen2?

[Garrett Shannon]

Does the Rocket Card require a x16 Mechanical and x8 Electrical PCIe Gen2 slot or will Gen1 work? Thanks.

[Jeff Kilgroe]

The RED Rocket is a PCI-E X8 v1.1 card. So it can utilize up to 8 lanes. It requires an X16 form-factor slot for its power-requirements.