<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Raymond Wagner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:raymond@wagnerrp.com">raymond@wagnerrp.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="im"> On 8/18/2010 11:53, Kevin Ross wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> On 8/17/2010 7:43 PM, James Harris wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">The Zotax NM10-B-E<br><br><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500048" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500048</a><br>
<br>Is a DTX board [slightly wider, thats OK I can manage a case for it] and lists a x16 slot BUT with a x1 lane.<br></blockquote><br>I couldn't believe this when I read this. What on Earth could the reason be for having a PCIe x16 slot but with only 1 lane? How could that be any better than just putting 2 x1 slots on the board? I can't imagine anything designed for an x16 slot would work very well in such a slot.<br>
</blockquote><br></div>They make PCIe x1 video cards, so obviously someone thinks they will work fine for some purposes.
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<div>Actually, for the intended use, having a x16 connector but only providing a single lane actually makes sense. This mobo is obviously not intended for a high performance system... however being able to drop any x16 video card in there, even if it's crippled by the bus, is actually far better than forcing you to find a x1 video card (not many around).</div>
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<div>I think they should make this more clear in their packaging, but for any purpose I could envision for such a board I wouldn't be affected by the single lane limitation. But I can definitely see the advantage of having the x16 slot in case I did want to drop a low cost video card in there.</div>
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