C olorful is working on a new RTX 50-series graphics card lineup that includes support for two M.2 SSD slots, according to a ...

Case in point: people are hyping up a “$1,000 off” RTX 5090 deal … which still costs $2,649. That’s almost $700 above MSRP. I genuinely hope you weren’t mid-sip, because yeah — it’s that bad.

Trace the evolution of PC graphics buses from IBM’s ISA to the current industry-standard PCIe and uncover how these ...

External GPUs have been around for decades, but despite an influx of mainstream options with the release of Thunderbolt 3 nearly a decade ago, eGPUs haven't really caught on. Despite how simple eGPUs ...

At the GPU Technical Conference 2025 last week, Astera Labs did two things. First, it demonstrated the interoperability of its “Scorpio” P-Series PCI-Express 6.0 fabric switches and “Aries” ...

PCIe x16 ports have 16 PCIe lanes and the most bandwidth available, and they are primarily used by your graphics card, which will need the fastest data transmissions possible.

If your computer uses an integrated graphics chipset as its primary display adapter, you must first enable the PCI Express slot from the BIOS menu before switching to a PCIe video card.

While a number of mini PCs can be used with desktop graphics cards, that’s typically accomplished by connecting an external graphics dock to the mini PC via a Thunderbolt or OCuLink port.

The RAM types GDDR7 and LPDDR6 as well as PCI Express 6.0 herald the next generation change to even faster RAM and interfaces. Plans for HBM4, DDR6 and PCIe 7.0 are also already underway.

As far as graphics cards are concerned, you'll be fine for years to come with PCIe 4.0. A PCIe 4.0 x16 connection isn't a bottleneck for an RTX 4090, while Nvidia and AMD have no problem offering ...

If you see the message Please power down and connect the PCIe Power Cables for this Graphics Card when you turn your computer on, see this post.

If you are about to upgrade your SSD or graphics card, you should understand the SATA and PCI Express interfaces. If you know the differences between them, you can avoid making the wrong purchase ...