What does PCIe x1 do?

[chickenfoot]

What hardware does this slot allow?

 

[PP Mguire]

im thinkng maybe a sound card? audigy4?

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

I've seen sound cards, and a few prototype modems made for the 1x slot somewheres.....

 

[smileygladhands]

Isn't that for SLI??

 

[gaara]

PCI-E 16x, or in the case of SLI, 8x slots are used for video cards. The other PCI-E slots will be used for other hardware such as sound cards, network cards, PPUs and any other component which uses the PCI interface, when they become widely availible.

 

[PP Mguire]

wow, why would oyu wanna put a modem on a PCI-E slot?

 

[bronxblaza117]

PPU's?

 

[gaara]

Physics Processing Units. Should redefine gameplay upon its release.

 

[MrBebop26]

Not that any of that will fit inbetween the vid cards though. The fans are getting to big, you might be able to put something in a 4x PCI-E if your mobo has one.

-Ryan

 

[Apokalipse]

a PCI-E 1x slot has a 1GB/S bandwith
normal PCI has about 200MB/s bandwith

it is basically designed to eventually replace PCI, and for the motherboard makers to sell more boards