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Ask the Doctor: A Bandwidth Battle

The Maximum PC Staff — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:00:53 -0600

I built my computer about a month ago—it’s nothing special. I’m running an Intel Pentium D 820 on an Asus P5W DH Deluxe motherboard. For a videocard, I’m rocking a BFG 9800 GTX.

I stumbled upon the System Information at the bottom-left corner of the Nvidia Control Panel recently. When I clicked it, I took note of the plethora of information on the 9800 GTX. What caught my eye was the very last line: BUS: PCI Express x4. That seems off, given that my card uses an x16 interface. What gives?

—Juan Campos

Check out Juan's answer, after the jump!

Asus Xonar D2X

Gordon Mah Ung — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:23:19 -0500

Much has been made of the incredible speed advantages PCI Express offers over PCI. Beyond GPUs, however, we haven’t found much worthy of occupying those slots. Asus hopes to change that with its Xonar D2X card—the first soundcard we’ve reviewed that makes use of the PCI Express interface. The D2X is basically a PCI-E version of the Xonar D2 (reviewed April 2008). In our review of the Xonar D2 we lamented the card’s lack of advanced EAX support, something Asus has tried to fix here. But do their workarounds, well, work?

Maximum PC's 2008 Geek Quiz

The Maximum PC Staff — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:35:27 -0500

it's time to put your PC schooling to the ultimate test. Hope you studied!

No BS Podcast #19 - The Early Edition

Maximum PC Staff — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:56:59 -0500

1.21 Gigawatts! The Maximum PC gang records this week's podcast from the past, discussing new PCI Express 2.0 specs, the world's thinnest laptop, and... The Jiggler!

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