PCIE X8

[glennda]

I have a Have a DL180 g5 and the only available slots on the riser card are PCIE X8 i have never seen one before and have looked on google to see if i can find a network card to go into it (preferably dual port) but i can't seem to find it.

 

Does anyone know where i can get one from?

 

Thanks

 

Toby

[3s-gtech]

Intel Gigabit ET Dual Port Server PCI-e Adapter - Ebuyer - I'm not sure you'll find any, even quad port, that use full x8 bandwidth, but some quad port cards are x4.

[glennda]

i did see them but will they work in an X8 slot?

[jamesreedersmith]

an x8 slot support x2, x4 or x8 but an x4 slot will only support x2 or x4 etc.

[Soulfish]

PCI-Express slots are backwards compatible, so a x1 card will fit in all slots, x2 in all but x1 slots etc.

[Norphy]

an x8 slot support x2, x4 or x8 but an x4 slot will only support x2 or x4 etc.

 

Not strictly true. Sometimes motherboards come with open-ended PCIe slots which allow to put an higher rated card in a lower rated slot. It just means the device only gets the amount of bandwidth the slot can give it.