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Mini PCIE on a laptop; installing a 16x card?

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Angrygamer

So today I cracked open under my laptop. And in the PCIE 1X slot was the wireless card; until then BAM. I had an idea; what if I took at Mini PCIE to 16x cable like this. And take an external wireless card; and then put in a low-range card (something like the the EVGA 8400; and boom, I have a replacement for my crappy Intel Graphics 4000; would this work?

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wykydvamp

Most vid cards require 8-16 lanes of PCI throughput, so if you install it on a 1-4 lane slot it will seriously cripple the vid card performance.

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oginer

Even if it worked, the GPU you linked is very slow. It's quite slower than your current Intel HD 4000.

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AloXX

You're going to want to read through this thread. It's more about the BPlus PE4L but the functionality is the same.

Bandwidth isn't a huge issue with a x1.2opt link as long as you stick to upper midrange cards or lower. And as mentioned above, a 8400 is massively slower than an Intel HD4000.

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