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    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by Mastersbest, Jan 16, 2021.

  1. Mastersbest

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    Alienware 18 и M18X R2 motherboard does not support Pci 16x, it looks like only 8x and how does this affect performance?
     

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    It doesn’t.


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    great answer, can you explain?
     
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    No impact on performance. Use a benchmark tool and compare your results to others
     
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    No consumer grade GPU in the world saturates even 8 Pcie lanes at the moment, which is why halving the number of lanes from 16 to 8 doesn't affect performance.
     
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