Quick tech tips
Quick technology tips:
DVI and HDMI share the same video signals. That means you can buy a cable that has a DVI port on one end, and an HDMI port on the other, and they’ll be compatible. Even the HDCP is compatible. The one downside is that DVI doesn’t carry audio.
A small PCI-Express card can fit and operate in a large PCI-Express slot. You can put a 1x device in a 16x slot if you wanted. Or you could put a 1x device in a 1x, 4x, 8x. The inverse is not true, however, as you can not put a large card into a small slot.