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PCI Express

PCI Express is a expansion slot that is becoming the new standard for high speed internal graphic cards. PCI Express slots come in several types defined by the number of lanes the slot has to communicate with described as x1, x2, x4, x8, x16 & x32. The most commonly found types inside the current computers are the x1 & x16. Graphics cards are available that will run on both x1 & x16 cards however, alll high performance graphic cards use the x16 slot.

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