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16x PCI-E purposes

idata
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‎11-07-2010 05:24 AM
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Hi everyone,

I'm looking at the Q57 Chipset system diagram ( http://www.intel.com/Assets/image/diagram/q57-block-diagram.gif View chipset system diagram ) and I can see that the processor has 16 PCI-E lanes directly connected. I guess that lanes can be used for video cards only, or can they be used for other purposes (e.g. others PCI-E devices such as a Network card) ?

Thanks for your answers

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idata
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‎11-07-2010 10:22 AM
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Yes technically it can be used for something other then a video cards as long as the CPU you have has Integrated Graphics.

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