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| Thread ID: 125029 | 2012-06-02 06:37:00 | Graphics card when only available slot is PCIe x 1 | Tukapa (62) | Press F1 |
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| 1279211 | 2012-06-02 06:37:00 | Hi all As the title suggests - what are the options for adding a graphics card to a system with only a PCIe x1 slot available? It's a small form factor Lenovo business PC with Vista Business and 3GB Ram. Full specs here; support.lenovo.com Thanks. |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 1279212 | 2012-06-02 07:06:00 | Does that mean speed of x1 or just one slot. If you are after a x1 card go to www.ebay.com www.ebay.com raphics_Video_TV_Cards_TW&hash=item3cc6fca7f9 None on trademe unless you want a 32MB card. |
ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1279213 | 2012-06-02 07:37:00 | wow i didnt even know they made cards for a x1 slot... What are your other slots being used for? | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1279214 | 2012-06-02 07:41:00 | The only upgrade slots on the motherboard are 1 x PCI and 1 x PCIe x1. The standard PCI will be used for another upgrade. The first one you have linked to is a standard PCIe x16 card which the owner has physically modified by cutting all the excess pins off at the bottom. You can see the rough edges where that has been done. I've seen these mods before. The second link however appears to be a genuine card. Might be cost prohibitive (but still a lot cheaper than what's available in NZ) but thanks for the links. There appear to be a lot of cheaper options there though. Cheers. |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 1279215 | 2012-06-02 07:46:00 | wow i didnt even know they made cards for a x1 slot... What are your other slots being used for? Do you think they made the slot for nothing? lol Tukapa, what do you think of the cards? |
ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1279216 | 2012-06-02 08:00:00 | Do you think they made the slot for nothing? lol It was designed to replace pci. @OP: Personally I'd get a PCI graphics card and use the 1x slot for your other upgrade. PCI cards are way more widely available anything that was originally on the pci bus e.g. sound cards are now also on pci-e 1x. However if you must: www.newegg.com you'll need to find an NZ retailer though. |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1279217 | 2012-06-02 08:29:00 | @OP: Personally I'd get a PCI graphics card and use the 1x slot for your other upgrade. PCI cards are way more widely available anything that was originally on the pci bus e.g. sound cards are now also on pci-e 1x. I'm beginning to think the same thing. Cheers everyone. |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 1279218 | 2012-06-03 13:42:00 | You won't get much performance out of a PCIe 1x or a PCI slot video card, unfortunately. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1279219 | 2012-06-03 21:40:00 | what are the options for adding a graphics card to a system with only a PCIe x1 slot available? . Change the motherboard. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1279220 | 2012-06-03 21:41:00 | I figured pcie 1x slots were for other things such as network cards. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
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