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This is probably a stupid question, or it's so obvious it's gone right over my head - why are there never any PCI-E x12 slots on motherboards? We get x16, x8, x4, x1.
Is there a technical reason why x12 isn't used? Thinking of a situation such as with the Z790 boards that can only use x8 GPU lanes if the Gen 5 NVMe slot is used - could it not run at x12 instead in this case? (x12 GPU + x4 NVMe for a total of 16 lanes supported by the CPU)
Just being curious but someone must have the answer!
Is there a technical reason why x12 isn't used? Thinking of a situation such as with the Z790 boards that can only use x8 GPU lanes if the Gen 5 NVMe slot is used - could it not run at x12 instead in this case? (x12 GPU + x4 NVMe for a total of 16 lanes supported by the CPU)
Just being curious but someone must have the answer!
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