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Mark, |
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On Thu, August 23, 2012 6:05 am, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> From Kindle so short... |
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> Paul. Thanks. I'll double check tomorrow but the specs online said the |
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> slots were pci express 2.0. The card is a one lane card but the box |
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> says it can do 533M/S but boxes do lie sometimes. |
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The "2.0" part is the version. Not the speed. |
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For PCI-e it's usually denoted as 1x, 4x, 8x and 16x. |
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The numbers specify the amount of PCI-express lanes used for the port. |
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More lanes = more bandwidth. |
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As others have already pointed out, it's a single-lane card. Which means |
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you can only get the max for a single PCI-express lane. |
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On a side-note, does anyone know of a way to merge multiple PCI-expres 1x |
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ports together without having to completely rewire the mainboard and |
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"patch" the BIOS? |
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My skillset, unfortunately, doesn't include that... |
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