IOI PCIe x1 4 x SATA II /1x PATA Reviews

We check out PCI-E x1 graphics with Galaxy's GeForce 7300GT and see if there is any difference between it and x16 slots.

b>, Great options for many categories, Something which finally makes full use of PCI-E x1, Great onboard video upgrade option for users with no PCI-E x16 slot, Easy to setup, just like a normal graphics card, Affordably add more monitors to your system

b>, Small package, Lacks HDCP support, Low profile would have been even nicer

It's clear that you're not going to be breaking any new 3DMark records with Galaxy's GeForce 7300GT. While we didn't want to put too much emphasis on straight out performance of the card, I expected it to perform slightly better than it did. Even ...

LIKE IT OR HATE IT, PCIe x1 has slowly pushed old PCI from the motherboards of today, but add-in cards for this new standard have been as rare as hen's teeth

The power on/off feature is so handy, we forgot how to turn the computer on and off by conventional means. Special bonus is liberation of one PCI slot, caught in a fight between physics, sound, and network cards.

UI could do a bit of polishing, we are waiting on Linux support