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34erd · 02-19-2006, 02:29 AM

It means the slot has 16X physical width but it will only run at 4X electrical bandwidth. This is one of those combo boards that mixes outdated tech with new tech. The chipset is probably older and doesnt fully suport PCIe.

02-19-2006, 02:29 AM	#3 (permalink)
34erd Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 15 Posts: 2,842	It means the slot has 16X physical width but it will only run at 4X electrical bandwidth. This is one of those combo boards that mixes outdated tech with new tech. The chipset is probably older and doesnt fully suport PCIe. __________________ DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI DR Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 1 Gig OCZ VX DDR500 DDR BFG GeForce 7800GT 160 Gig SATA HDD CD-RW DVD-ROM Antec NeoPower 480 Thermaltake Tsunami