[gentoo-user] very [OT] PCI-Express

[gentoo-user] very [OT] PCI-Express

[Mike Williams]

Hey,

AGP provide a lot more bandwidth then PCI, but only really for graphics cards.
PCI-e also provides a lot more bandwidth than PCI, and can be used for just 
about anything.
However, can one of the 2 x16 slots (be they both fully x16 or sharing 16 
lanes) on an SLi board be used for something other than a graphics card, 
while the other is used for a graphics card?

Ta

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Re: [gentoo-user] very [OT] PCI-Express

[Calvin Walton]

On 7/24/06, Mike Williams <mike@gaima.co.uk> wrote:
> However, can one of the 2 x16 slots (be they both fully x16 or sharing 16
> lanes) on an SLi board be used for something other than a graphics card,
> while the other is used for a graphics card?

If it's a real SLI board with a full 16 lanes per slot, there
shouldn't be any problem sticking another card in the other 16x slot.
If however, it shares 16 lanes between both slots, most will give all
16 to one slot if only one card is installed.

But only way to tell is to try it, really. It almost certainly won't
break anything.

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