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    Any modern 2-lane (x2) PCI-e Graphics cards?

    :-) it's a NAS4Free box now, but I was going to install Win 7 and give it to my child to play some fairly undemanding games - Minecraft, WoW, Aion, that kind of thing. This is the mobo: http://www.supermicro.co.uk/products/motherboard/celeron/X10/X10SBA.cfm If possible I'd like to get the...
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    Any modern 2-lane (x2) PCI-e Graphics cards?

    Well, partly because I've got the entire system assembled already and in service, and don't fancy spending hours replacing the motherboard if I can avoid it. But I did have a look around for BGA1150** mini-ITX boards that feature x8 or x16 slots and couldn't see any. Do you know of any? **I...
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    Any modern 2-lane (x2) PCI-e Graphics cards?

    Thanks for the reply. i) Use a x1 card: I'd prefer to have x2 lanes of juicy PCIe goodness, for bandwidth's sake ii) Butcher motherboard's x2 slot and fit a x8 or x16 GPU card: OK, that would mean I'd be getting my desired two lanes of bandwidth, but a) I imagine a card that's expecting 8 or...
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    Any modern 2-lane (x2) PCI-e Graphics cards?

    I have a mini-ITX mobo with a single PCI-e x2 slot. Does anyone know of any modern x2 graphics cards? I know Zotac make a couple of x1 boards (a GT610 and GT730) but I'd like to squeeze as much output out of the thing as as I can.