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yzerwing   02-27-2007 at 05:56:45 AM

Im sure this has been asked a million times but......

what is the "x1 and x16" mean when concerning PCI Express cards?

Im a NEWBIE!

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Strangestranger   03-03-2007 at 03:30:19 PM
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all it means is that x16 has 16 times the bandwidth or how much info can be sent over it in a given time, usually a second, compared to x1 pci-e.

also, wikipedia can be your friend. not sure how much of what is written you need to know but it should answer your questions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pci-e

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bLAKEpERKINS   03-03-2007 at 04:18:13 PM
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google is good aswell

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yzerwing   03-03-2007 at 07:49:07 PM
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Thanks Guys I thought it was something like that.

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