Here are some of the most useful card types that are worth plugging into your PCIe slots, and how to best ... x16, meaning 16 data lanes, which is ideal for high-bandwidth add-ins like a graphics ...

PCIe lanes are data channels within a PCIe slot, which is used for transmitting and receiving data between the motherboard ...

As PCWorld points out, even PCI-SIG doesn't see PCIe 7 devices coming to consumers any time soon. It will instead be used in data centers to allow for ultra-fast Ethernet (800 gigabits!) as well as ...

When attached to a motherboard's PCIe x16 slot, a card such as the GeForce RTX 4080 can draw up to 75W from the +3.3V and +12V rails (3.3V x 3A + 12V x 5.5A). This is the maximum amount specified ...

Asus appears to have made some adjustments to the Q-Release Slim PCIe slots on its latest motherboards, which were previously ...

The PCIe 5.0 standard is now supported by the best graphics cards (such as the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080) thanks to their PCIe 5.0 x16 slot, the first GPUs to do so. In contrast, Gen 5.0 SSDs (which ...

In the case of a PCIe 5.0 x16 connection, this translates to 64GB/s. That's the interface used by NVIDIA RTX 50 graphics cards. It's worth noting that future cards may use a PCIe 5.0 x8 connection ...

You should set your sights on the Alienware x16 R2 with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card, which is on sale from Dell with a $900 discount. It’s down to $2,700 from $3,600 originally ...