pci-express puzzle

[confusabubbled]

simple one please
Can you connect any kind of pci express card to a pci-express x 16 slot

ie
ATI is a pci-express card
Nvidia is a Pci-express card

do they or can they both fit into the same pci-express type slot

single card only not SLI or Crossfire

my motherboard is crossfire compatible which i don't use
i just want to fit a nvidia card in a single pci-express slot

thank you
i hope to god this make sense

[grandpa_simpson]

Can you connect any kind of pci express card to a pci-express x 16 slot

As long as they are x16 cards they are both compatible with x16, despite the Manufacturer.

You may want to refer to the board manual, but I think if you want to use a single vid. card in a cross fire/SLI board, you have to use a determined slot..ie: only one of the two slots will work for single card setup....  Might want to double check on that as I said

[BC_Programmer]

As long as they are x16 cards they are both compatible with x16, despite the Manufacturer.

You may want to refer to the board manual, but I think if you want to use a single vid. card in a cross fire/SLI board, you have to use a determined slot..ie: only one of the two slots will work for single card setup....  Might want to double check on that as I said

they are simply PCI-E 16x slots. you can use either slot for a video card of either brand. The "special" feature is simply that the two slots can be used for SLI. They are still standard PCI-E 16x slots despite this.

[grandpa_simpson]

Yes you are right, I had a second look at a random board manual with SLI capabilites.. I guess I read it incorrectly at some point..

[confusabubbled]

Thank you so very much for the great advice
now i can go get the nvidia card i want

Thank you all for the time you took to reply to my post 

Your sincerely

me