Thread: question about pci-e and pci-e x16
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Old 10-06-2007, 06:28 PM
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Here's a line in Wikipedia
"a smaller card can be used in a larger slot"
PCI Express - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Basically it says you can use a PCI-E x4 or x8 in a x16 slot, but not the other way around.



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