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What's the difference between PCI Express x16 and PCI Express x1 ?

how have you posted 819 times and not figure out the difference between the two?
just kidding man... but really.
PCI express x16 is the graphics bus used for pci-e graphics cards (e.g. nvidia 7 series and x1900 series)
PCI express x1 is the perepheral bus used for usb add ons, sata add ons and hopefully in the near future, sound cards and tv tuner cards.
Hope that helps...stay classy.
 
Originally posted by: acegazda
how have you posted 819 times and not figure out the difference between the two?
just kidding man... but really.
PCI express x16 is the graphics bus used for pci-e graphics cards (e.g. nvidia 7 series and x1900 series)
PCI express x1 is the perepheral bus used for usb add ons, sata add ons and hopefully in the near future, sound cards and tv tuner cards.
Hope that helps...stay classy.
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Until my computer decided to die earlier this month I was doing fine with the old standards that I was using for the past 3 years. My computer died and now I may have to upgarde to the new standards cause I'm having trouble with the few old standard motherboards that are out.

When you get a system that is fast and running good there is a tendency to stay out of the loop because you know you won't be spending money to upgrade any time soon. That's what happened to me.
The hell with cutting edge systems. Just give me a computer that surfs porn 😀 lol j/k

 
PCI-Express is an interface based on "lanes". Each slot is allocated a certain number of lanes indicated by the number after the 'x'. So a PCI-Express x1 slot has one lane. A PCI-Express x16 slot has 16 lanes. More lanes means the slot can handle more data throughput.

PCI-Express x16 slots are intended mainly for use with graphics cards, though in concept they would be useful for any high-bandwidth application. They can also accomodate lower-bandwidth cards; a PCI-Express x1 card will work just fine in a PCI-Express x16 slot.

PCI-Express x1 slots are less potent and less versatile. They are in effect the replacement for plain PCI. They are intended to handle network, sound, etc. cards. As it happens there are still rather few cards that can be used with them.
 
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