So in theory PCI-e is backwards compatible, i.e. that if it fits physically, it'll run electronically. In reality, we hear stories all the time about the x16 slots not working for anything other than ...

The final draft for the PCIexpress 7.0 standard has been finalized and the PCI-SIG members who have been working on it have settled on it just being crazy fast. No ifs or buts. It doubles the ...

Whether you've been building computers for some time or are looking to get involved, you have likely heard the term PCIe ...

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is built with PCIe 5.0 x16 support, offering up to 64 GB/s of bandwidth. This is a notable step up from the RTX 4090, which runs at PCIe 4.0 x16 with 32 GB/s bandwidth.

PC components have a finite number of channels that connect with the CPU. These channels are physically built into the CPU, the motherboard, and the components themselves -- and they're called PCIe ...

Carefully check your motherboard’s PCIe capabilities and BIOS bifurcation settings for its x16 slot before buying the Asus Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5. Those determine how many of the Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5’s four ...

So a while ago I needed to upgrade my old Athlon XP rig but had just spent $200 on the (at the time) "final" AGP card, the Radeon X1950 Pro. Something else which had come out fairly recent was the ...