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

If so, the top slot likely runs at PCIe x16, meaning 16 data lanes, which is ideal for high-bandwidth add-ins like a graphics card. And if you have a second slot, it likely runs at PCIe x8.

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

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 ...

Like Bigfoot or the chupacabra, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 is being spotted in the wild by ravenous GPU buyers ready to ...

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 ...

The Alienware x16 R2 with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card is an extremely powerful gaming laptop, and you can get ...

The ability to bundle multiple lanes to provide less or more bandwidth to specific ports or devices has meant that there was no need for a specialized graphics card slot, using e.g. an x16 PCIe ...

The final step on the road to publication has passed, and PCI Express 7.0 is coming to a datacenter near you before long.