Which of the following expansion slots is MOST commonly used for high-end video cards?

The correct answer is B. PCIe. PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) is the current standard expansion slot for high-end video/graphics cards. It offers significantly higher bandwidth than older standards - PCIe x16 can deliver up to 16 GB/s (PCIe 3.0) or more, which is essential for GPU…

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Which of the following expansion slots is MOST commonly used for high-end video cards?

Options

APCI
BPCIe
CCNR
DAGP

How the community answered

(50 responses)

A
4% (2)
B
94% (47)
D
2% (1)

Explanation

PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) is the current standard expansion slot for high-end video/graphics cards. It offers significantly higher bandwidth than older standards - PCIe x16 can deliver up to 16 GB/s (PCIe 3.0) or more, which is essential for GPU performance. PCI (A) is an older, slower standard not suitable for modern GPUs. CNR (C) (Communications and Networking Riser) was a legacy slot designed for modems and network cards, never for GPUs. AGP (D) (Accelerated Graphics Port) was the predecessor to PCIe for graphics but is now obsolete and not found on modern motherboards.

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