On Aug 2, 2010, at 9:30 PM, DLC wrote: > Greetings all, > Today I was blessed with a nice used late-model G5/2.3GHz Dual-Core > unit to use as a server in my office. This is one of the PCI-E models. > Everymac.Com states this about the PCI-E slots: > "This model has "two open full-length four-lane PCI Express slots", > and "one open full-length eight-lane PCI Express slot" > > (I presume the two four-lane slots are the 100MHz slots, and the third > is a 133MHz slot, yes?) > > My main question is: which slot of the three is the 8-lane slot? I > suspect its the one closest to the CPU, is that correct? > > Thank you for the consideration. Best regards, > Dana
PCI Express runs at the same clock speed, they're all 100 MHz. The lanes mean the data bandwidth of the slot. A 1x slot is good for 250MB/s, while a 4 lane slot is good for 4x that, and an 8x slot is good for 8x that amount. The graphics card sits in a 16 lane slot. You can tell which slot is which by their length. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
