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March 8th, 2012 02:00
XPS Studio 9100 - PCI Express question
I am not familiar with PCI express ( I am old school from the PCI/AGP days), but according to the documentation at
, I have the following slots:
- PCI card slot (PCI_1) 26
- PCI Express x1 card slot (PCIE1X3)
- PCI Express x16 card slot (PCIE16_1)
- PCI Express x1 card slot (PCIE1X2)
- PCI Express x1 card slot (PCIE1X1)
- PCI Express x8 card slot (PCIE8_2)
Which slot would contain the OEM version of the video card (5670) my machine came with?
Reason I ask is that, I need to either:
- throw out that card , and replace it with a real one (the OEM version is missing the display port which I need to run 3 monitors. OEM version does indeed ahve three ports ( DVI, HDMI and VGA), and I have three monitors with those ports, all on the same modest resoultion, but the card only can hand any two of three - not all three at once.).
or
-buy a second video card
Either way I need to better understand what slots I have.
fireberd
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March 8th, 2012 04:00
The PCIeX16 slot is the Video card slot. PCIe replaced PCI, which replaced AGP.
Many new add on cards, such as SoundBlaster Xfi sound cards are PCeX1 slot types.
You can find all you want to know and then some about PCIe with a google search.
Sheldon G
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March 8th, 2012 16:00
Where can I confirm what version of PCIe slots the XPS Studio 9100 has?
Ie Are they Ver 2.1?, 2.0?, 1.1?, 1.0 ?
Can't find it these docs.
theflash1932
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March 8th, 2012 17:00
I would assume 2.0, since the Intel X58 chipset supports 2.0:
en.wikipedia.org/.../Intel_X58
And the 9100 was released (2010?) long after PCIe 2.0 was standard on PC's.
speedstep
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March 9th, 2012 10:00
The X58 chipset itself supports PCI-Express 2.0 lanes, so it is possible to have two PCIe ×16 slots and one PCIe ×4 slot on the same motherboard. PCI Express 2.1 supports a large proportion of the management, support, and troubleshooting systems planned for full implementation in PCI Express 3.0.However, the speed is the same as PCI Express 2.0. Unfortunately, it breaks backwards-compatibility between PCI Express 2.1 cards and some older motherboards.