Motherboard expansion slots

Question 1

How long are pci cards and what colour are they?

Answer 1

3 inches long and classically white

Question 2

which class of processors did pci become popular with?

Answer 2

Pentium

Question 3

what do pci slots operate at?

Answer 3

33mhz or 66mhz

Question 4

what data rates do pci result in?

Answer 4

133mbps and 266mbps

Question 5

What does mixing 33mhz and 66mhz adapters in a 66mhz system do?

Answer 5

slow all adapters to 33mhz

Question 6

what versions are pci slots manafactured in?

Answer 6

3.3 v or 5 v

Question 7

what version are universal slots on?

Answer 7

either of the voltages so 3.3 v or 5v

Question 8

what are 5v slots and adapters orientated towards?

Answer 8

front of mb

Question 9

what are 3.3 v notch orientated towards?

Answer 9

back of mb

Question 10

What does pci and pcix look like?

Answer 10

the same white and 3 inches

Question 11

what data rate does pcix offer at 66mhz?

Answer 11

533mbps

Question 12

whats the most common data rate pcix offering at 133mhz?

Answer 12

1066mbps

Question 13

what does pci x version 2 at 533mhz offer, likely final?

Answer 13

4266mbps

Question 14

what is pcix slots compatible with?

Answer 14

pci adapters

Question 15

what is pcie a replacement off?

Answer 15

accelerated graphics ports (agp) and pci

Question 16

is pcie serial or parralel comm?

Answer 16

serial

Question 17

in pcie whats the concept of lanes?

Answer 17

lanes of serial data communication, the more lanes the faster

Question 18

what is combined collection of lanes called?

Answer 18

link

Question 19

what does link width refer to?

Answer 19

how many lanes there are

Question 20

what is the 7 different link widths?

Answer 20

x1, x2, x4, x8, x12, x16 and 32

Question 21

whats the most common link widths?

Answer 21

x1, x4, and x16

Question 22

what are the 4 version for pcie?

Answer 22

1.x, 2.x, 3.0, 4.0

Question 23

what happens with a single lane and a combination of lanes?

Answer 23

the more combined serial lanes the higher the data rate

Question 24

what is up plugging?

Answer 24

using a shorter pci connection to a longer slot

Question 25

what is down plugging?

Answer 25

using longer pci connections on shorter slots

Question 26

what is nvidas sli (scalable link interface)?

Answer 26

allows you to use 2 video cards at the same time

Question 27

what does sli bridge do?

Answer 27

make 2 video graphics adapters into 1

Question 28

what does sli ready motherboards do?

Answer 28

allows upto 4 pcie graphic adapters to pool their gpus