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Computer

Feb 27, 2018 8:08AM PST

Hey everybody i have a kind of dumb question but i want to build a pc from upgrading parts of old pcs so i was wondering some pcs motherboards have 128mb of pci express slot so can we insert a 2gb or higher graphics card in that slot

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Re: computer
Feb 27, 2018 8:27AM PST

What is a 128mb pci express slot? Can you provide a link to the specs of a motherboard that has one.

Note: Mb = Megabit, mb = millibit (like mm = millimeter). So 128 millibit = 0.128 bit. That's not much.

Post was last edited on February 27, 2018 8:32 AM PST

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They Are Backwards Compatible, But....
Feb 27, 2018 11:54AM PST

..sometimes the X16 cards won't fit in the smaller slots, say in a 4x slot, sometimes they will, (you'll have to test whether there's room) but most importantly, if it fits, the performance will only be at the slower slot's speed.

Hope this helps.

Grif

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What are you talking about?
Feb 27, 2018 1:07PM PST

Are you talking about the speed of the slot?

Are you talking about the amount of ram on the video card?

As asked above post a link to this mobo perhaps then your post might make sense.

MB=mega byte.....GB=giga byte.
If you change that B to b then your talking about bits.