What's the use of a 2nd PCI-E x16 slot - Tom's Hardware Forum
Apr 11, 2024 · Hi, i see many mobos have two PCI-E x16 slots, where the primary PCI-E x16 is for my gpu, but 2nd one only supports up to x4 or something. I'll never use more than 1 gpu on …
What exactly does the spec “PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (x4)” mean?
Dec 25, 2020 · 2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 Safeslots (x16, x8/x8) 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (x4) I understand the first bullet point, but it's the latter line that is confusing me. Why does it say x16 and also x4? …
whats the difference between PCIEX16 & PCIEX4?? - Tom's …
Mar 19, 2013 · If it says 2 PCIe X16 (and then in brackets says x16, x4 or x8, x8) it means when you have 1 slot being used it uses all 16 lanes for that 1 slot. But if you plug multiple things …
RTX 5080 showing PCI 5.0 x4 speed - Tom's Hardware Forum
May 18, 2025 · "1 x PCI Express x16 slot (PCIEX16), integrated in the CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 9000/7000 Series Processors support PCIe 5.0 x16 mode * The M2B_CPU and M2C_CPU …
[SOLVED] - How do the 50 series graphics cards perform on a PCIe …
Mar 28, 2014 · not any time soon , as you can see even rtx 5090 doesn´t take any hits at pcie 4.0 x16 speeds and even at severely reduced speeds like x8 4.0 pcie or 16x 3.0 pcie it only takes …
What's the difference PCIe x16 (x4) vs x16 - Super User
Feb 17, 2024 · A PCIe x16 (x4) slot is a PCIe x4 slot, designed so that PCIe x16 card can also be inserted into the slot an work, albeit running at the slower speed of PCIe x4.
Question - GPU running at 4 x8 instead of x16 - Tom's Hardware …
Feb 4, 2024 · 2nd and 3rd PCIE x16 slots work in x4 mode. Not according to the ROG STRIX B650E-E GAMING WIFI specs: "2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (support x16 or x8/x4 modes)**" with …
I need to know whats the difference PCIe 2.0 x16 and PCI Express …
Apr 16, 2013 · To simplify, PCI Express x16 is the equivelant of PCIe 1.0, it was the first revision of PCI Express, after revision two was launched (PCIe 2.0), people didn't bother to use PCIe 1.0 .
[SOLVED] - My GPU doesn't run in PCIe x16 - Tom's Hardware Forum
Jun 1, 2024 · So, this problem is bugging me and I cannot find a solution. So as I said when I checked my PCIe bus lane I found out my graphic card is currently running in x2 1.1 instead of …
PCIE x1 card in PCIE x16 slot? - Tom's Hardware Forum
Jun 6, 2014 · Not true. You can actually use a PCIe x1 (or x4 or x8) card in a x16 slot. While not applicable in this particular case (what with the mini-ITX board and all that), just keep in mind …