Explaining PCIe Slots

Figure 2 The standard PCI Express slot sizes on computers today are x1, x4, x8, and x16 Software compatibility is also ensured by the PCI

This PCIe x4 slot is “open-ended” The slot, or cut on the right-hand side of the slot enables it to accept larger PCI cards

pcie2 slot This is very typical on consumer boards by taking one GPU and one slot at x16 and allowing for two slots and GPUs with each running at x8 This

pcie 2 slot PCIe is available in a different physical configuration which includes x1, x4, x8, x16, x32 The motherboard has a number of PCIe slots to