Author Topic: PCI express? (Read 181 times)

AdmRose · « **on:** August 07, 2005, 12:09:38 AM »

Can someone explain to me what it is, how its different from AGP, and what advantages it offers compared to AGP?

Thanks!

IK3 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 07, 2005, 12:20:14 AM »

Definitions of PCI Express on the Web: (G00GLE

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* an emerging (2004/2005) standard for high-speed graphics, likely to result in a 20% boost over 2003-era AGP 8x performance. The standard, supported by ATI and other vendors, delivers better power management, bi-directional simultaneous I/O and 4GB/s bandwidth.
http://www.pcbuyersguide.com/PCbuyersguide-Glossary.htm

* PCI Express (formerly known as 3GIO for 3rd Generation I/O, not to be mistaken with PCI-X) is an implementation of the PCI computer bus that uses existing PCI programming concepts and communications standards, but bases it on a much faster serial communications system. It is being supported primarily by Intel, who started working on the standard as the Arapahoe project after pulling out of the InfiniBand system.
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express

In short,PCI express is faster than AGP and it is backwards compatible with other devices.

AdmRose · « **Reply #2 on:** August 07, 2005, 01:05:10 AM »

Will it work on a regular PCI slot or will there be a specific slot designed for it?

IK3 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 07, 2005, 01:13:00 AM »

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Originally posted by AdmRose
Will it work on a regular PCI slot or will there be a specific slot designed for it?

its backwards compatible (pci 1.0, 2.0, ect.

Dinger · « **Reply #4 on:** August 07, 2005, 02:29:07 AM »

You need a motherboard that supports PCI-X in order to fully use PCI-X. There is currently no reason why you'd put a PCI-X graphics card in non-PCI-X slot.