Got PCI Express??

wobbuffet

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Got a PCI Express video card but it's 16x (the only type i've seen o far.. anyone know any 1x, 4x, 8x PCIe cards?
 

dderidex

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ATI's TV Wonder 550 has a few models available for PCI-E 1x slots.

Also, most GBe adapters are PCI-E 1x - largely because WAY too much data travels over them for a regular PCI bus to be able to handle it (IE., the bus would be a bottleneck).

And Matrox also re-released one of their cards (G550) in a PCI-E 1x format. No real use for 3d acceleration, but it IS dual-DVI, which is kinda cool.
 
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Originally posted by: GeekDrew
I think that there are some NICs that use PCI-E, aren't there?

Yes there are. There are also USB and Firewire cards that plug into PCI-E x1 slots.

There are also hdd controller cards that fit into x1, x4, and x8 slots.
 

wobbuffet

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Originally posted by: dderidex
ATI's TV Wonder 550 has a few models available for PCI-E 1x slots.

Also, most GBe adapters are PCI-E 1x - largely because WAY too much data travels over them for a regular PCI bus to be able to handle it (IE., the bus would be a bottleneck).

And Matrox also re-released one of their cards (G550) in a PCI-E 1x format. No real use for 3d acceleration, but it IS dual-DVI, which is kinda cool.

wow cool! thx dderidex;)
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imthebadguy

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what u gotta do is get the 16x vid card and break or saw off the extra contacts, that will make it compatible with any NIC on the market