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    PCI Express video cards?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Spanish Music, Feb 18, 2012.

  1. Spanish Music

    Spanish Music Notebook Enthusiast

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    So i'm browsing xotic PC and came across the sager NP8130 with a
    -nVidia GeForce GTX 560M 1,536MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11
    And, excuse my noobishness, am wondering if this "PCI express slot" factor makes it a different model than other 1.5 gb GTX560M cards?
     
    Spanish Music, Feb 18, 2012
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    wild05kid05 Cook Free or Die

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    No, it's pretty much the same. I don't know why they label that instead of MXM
     
    wild05kid05, Feb 18, 2012
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  3. Spanish Music

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    But what would the differences be between this and the MXM?
    And is this still a dedicated GPU?
    Thanks for the help :)
     
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    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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    MXM is a physical connector and PCI Express is the electric connection type.
     
    KLF, Feb 18, 2012
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    Lol, it's the same card. PCI-Express is the interface, and MXM is a standard that uses PCI-Express.
     
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    PCI-Express cards have been around for like 7 years
     
    key001, Feb 19, 2012
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    MXM is referred to upgradable dedicated MOBILE gpu. Regular PCI-E is referred to desktop cards. Difference, yes, desktop vs laptop. Other than that a GTX 560m is the same but you have to find the memory bandwidth, I heard there are a few variation of this mobile card
     
    wild05kid05, Feb 19, 2012
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