Hi All,

I am looking at a motherboard that says it has an:

(x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)

What is this? Can I install a PCIe 16x video
card in it? Will it only run at half speed?

Many thanks,
-T

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express

regards, Richard
....(currently researching PCI-E slots ! )


"ToddAndMargo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> I am looking at a motherboard that says it has an:
>
> (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)
>
> What is this? Can I install a PCIe 16x video
> card in it? Will it only run at half speed?
>
> Many thanks,
> -T

> "ToddAndMargo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am looking at a motherboard that says it has an:
>>
>> (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)
>>
>> What is this? Can I install a PCIe 16x video
>> card in it? Will it only run at half speed?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
>
>

RJK wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express
>
> regards, Richard
> ...(currently researching PCI-E slots ! )
>
>

Excellent reference. Thank you!
-T

"ToddAndMargo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi All,
>
> I am looking at a motherboard that says it has an:
>
> (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)
>
> What is this? Can I install a PCIe 16x video
> card in it? Will it only run at half speed?
>
It is geometrically a 16x PCI express slot (in that it will physically
accept up to 16x cards). However it only has 8 PCIe lanes wired. Yes you
can insert a 16x video card in it, and as you correctly surmised it will
operate with only those 8 lanes (and at only half the bandwidth).