external graphics card

Salem_

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Aug 8, 2016
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can i connect an external graphics card to two x1 pci express slots
and does a single x1 pci express slot affect the graphics card performance or speed ?
 
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It is theoretically possible to connect to any PCIe slot but it doesn't fit correctly, but in theory yes.

You can't mix them together to increase bandwidth though, that doesn't work.

And yes, performance would suffer to a point of being a non solution to your problem.

A modern GPU requires 16 lanes of PCIE 2.0 to work perfectly. a 1/16th performance just doesn't make sense.
It is theoretically possible to connect to any PCIe slot but it doesn't fit correctly, but in theory yes.

You can't mix them together to increase bandwidth though, that doesn't work.

And yes, performance would suffer to a point of being a non solution to your problem.

A modern GPU requires 16 lanes of PCIE 2.0 to work perfectly. a 1/16th performance just doesn't make sense.
 
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