Saved Bookmarks
| 1. |
Solve : PCIEX16 vs. PCIEX1_1? |
|
Answer» Everest lists the above two slots on my MB. What's the difference between the two? What can I use PCIEX1_1 for? PCI-E X1 EXPANSION cards are still fairly new i believe, the only thing i have seen so far are PCI-E X1 sound cards.Thanks, homer. I asked, because I'm PLANNING to buy TV tuner card. I have two slots available, regular PCI, and PCI-E X1 (PCIEX16 is taken by my video card). I saw tuner cards designed for PCI-E X1, but I think, that I've read somewhere, if you have both PCI-E X1, and PCIEX16 busy, PCIEX16 speed cuts down to 8 (it may be for SOME MB, though).Quote from: Broni on January 19, 2008, 04:57:44 PM I saw tuner cards designed for PCI-E X1, but I think, that I've read somewhere, if you have both PCI-E X1, and PCIEX16 busy, PCIEX16 speed cuts down to 8 (it may be for SOME MB, though). i have never heard of this before. perhaps it is only with some mobos. it was not the case with my mobo, i had a PCI-E X1 sound card and a PCI-E X16 video card plugged in at the same time and i did not notice any lag on my video card.I have seen a lot of PCI-E X1 cads available - sound cards, network cards, TV cards, and so on. It's basically a replacement SLOT for PCI - smaller, with more bandwidth, I believe. They came out the same time as PCI-E X16, it's just that the slots other than X16 haven't really been mainstream news. I think that the speed cutting you describe is only on some motherboards, similar to how some chipsets run SLI with one X6 and one X8, or other similar reductions in bandwidth. Remember though that not al video cards use all the bandwidth available, even if yo cut the speed to X4 you may not notice a difference. What chipset is your MB?what chipset is my mobo or Broni's? if your asking me then mines a 680i.Thanks for more info, guys. My mobo's chipset: nVIDIA nForce 6100-4xx, AMD Hammer |
|