Asus Rog Strix x670e-f it has no sharing between pci-express slot and m2 ssd slot !!!

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Hello, in the manual of the asus rog strix x670e-f motherboard there is no reference to bandwidth sharing in the pci-express slots and m2 slots, unlike for example the Asus rog strix x670e-e and x670 prime. So I can use all 4 m2 slots without any limitation? Can anyone confirm?
 
I believe the problem for the Strix X670-E E is that it has 3x PCI-E 5.0 M.2 slots (using 4 lanes each), but there's only 8 lanes to spare for M.2 slots (besides the 16 for the graphics card). So, the board steals the 4 lanes needed for the third PCI-E 5.0 M.2 slot from the graphics card, reducing it to 8 lanes when the M.2 slots are all populated (this is because the CPU can only split the graphics card lanes into 8/8, not 12/4).

The Strix X670-E F only has 2 PCI-E 5.0 M.2 slots, so it doesn't have this problem.
 
I believe the problem for the Strix X670-E E is that it has 3x PCI-E 5.0 M.2 slots (using 4 lanes each), but there's only 8 lanes to spare for M.2 slots (besides the 16 for the graphics card). So, the board steals the 4 lanes needed for the third PCI-E 5.0 M.2 slot from the graphics card, reducing it to 8 lanes when the M.2 slots are all populated (this is because the CPU can only split the graphics card lanes into 8/8, not 12/4).

The Strix X670-E F only has 2 PCI-E 5.0 M.2 slots, so it doesn't have this problem.
Hi Tetras, thank you for your reply :)
 
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