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Why do you need x16 pcie slots if you can use nvlink?
by p1esk 3y ago
Why do you need x16 pcie slots if you can use nvlink?
- elorant 3y agoNVlink is to connect the cards to each other. To connect them to the board you need the PCie slots.
- p1esk 3y agoWe are talking about increasing the intercard bandwidth, assuming that’s a bottleneck. It can be done by either increasing pcie bandwidth, or using nvlink. If you use nvlink, increasing pcie does not provide any additional benefit because nvlink is much faster than pcie. p.s. the mobo (B450 Steel Legend) already has 2 pcie x16 slots, so the recommendation does not make sense to me.