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 Post subject: What cards use the dinky 1X and 4X PCI express slots?
PostPosted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:47 am 
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I'm planning to build PC. I would like a PCI-Express 16x video card. Looking at the motherboards out there, those with PCI-E 16x slots also have 2 or 3 half-sized PCI-Express 1x or 4x slots. I have never seen anything produced that uses these slots. Can anyone give me a clue here? :?:
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Those slots aren't for graphics.
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OCNoob wrote:
Those slots aren't for graphics.


I know that, but what the heck are they for?
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SpazzAttack wrote:
I know that, but what the heck are they for?


Everything that currently uses PCI.

The first ones you are going to see are going to be RAID, GBE, TV tuners, and other cards that require high bandwidth.

I am not aware of any cards entering the consumer level just yet.
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PPGMD wrote:
Location: In the Pyro-Gx


Ah...a fellow Descent Fan!

I haven't seen anything shipping for the small PCI-express slots either, thus, my question.
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SpazzAttack wrote:
OCNoob wrote:
Those slots aren't for graphics.


I know that, but what the heck are they for?


Everything else...
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SpazzAttack
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OCNoob wrote:
SpazzAttack wrote:
OCNoob wrote:
Those slots aren't for graphics.


I know that, but what the heck are they for?


Everything else...


Well...Duh! Do you know of any *shipping* boards that use them? Hmmmmmm? :)
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*breaks out the google action*

There will be stuff out for the small PCI-E slots most like sound cards and what-not.
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Yeah. I Googled before posting here in the first place. I couldn't find anything actually shipping either. Thanks for the feedback.
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