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Old Feb 11, 2009, 05:46 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by Charper2013
I see no point in 4x PCI x16 lanes...
There are 4 full-length PCI-E slots, which is not the same as 4 PCI-E x16 slots:

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Originally Posted by ASRock product page
4 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (blue @ x8 / x16 mode, orange @ x8 / N/A mode)
Unless I'm reading this wrong, it looks like there are a maximum of 32 PCI-E lanes divided across all 4 slots - so you can have 2 enabled slots @ x16 each for maximum SLI/CrossFire performance, or 1 @ x16 and 2 @ x8, or all 4 @ x8 (perfect for a F@H machine).
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