Is PCIExpress? I've seen it different places, and I've heard it's supposed to replace AGP, but what exactly IS IT, and are there any benches out there?

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Yeah, ATI thinks theyre gonna use it with all thier new cards. Personally, I think its a stupid idea.


Your answers are here...

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So does nVidia, if you drop on over to their site.

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Why is it stupid? Just wondering... Once motherboards ship with PCIExpress, this year most likely, it should allow for much more bandwidth. Now I doubt the cards will be able to use all of it, but its a good move.



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Hey, Im no fan of AGP, but I can see it now, there will be a year of transition when all motherboards will ship with both AGP and PCIExpress card slots. It makes me sick just to think of it.

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True, never thought of that...


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I completely fail to see how this is a bad thing.

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While the transition might be exceptionally painful for those using micro ATX cases, PCIExpress is a good thing. If it weren't for new advances in ports, we'd still be usising ancient VSA ports (or worse!). PCI express will not only replace AGP slots, it will, of course, replace PCI slots. Although I don't have any official specs on hand, the speed improvement will be quite nice.

Of course, as it's a new technology, I can imagine it will be quite expensive. Fortunately, it will probably be possible to wait out the first year or so of PCIExpress, given that we could live with slightly dated technology. (We would still be able to upgrade our processors without changing motherbaords, we'd just be stuck with older 3D cards)

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There are already MoBo's with both.
The ASUS P4PE's have had them for over a year now.

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[This message has been edited by Darth Evad (edited March 06, 2004).]

Maybe, but thats a LONG way off.

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[This message has been edited by GBK (edited March 07, 2004).]

WTF? Post links.

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None of their P4PEs list PCIExpress...

http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4pe-bp/overview.htm
http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4pe-x/overview.htm
http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4pe/overview.htm

Nor do any of their other boards I looked at. Links would be great.

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My mistake. It's a 'Blue Magic PCI slot'.

I just remembered there being one on my ex-gf's comp when I made it and reading that it was for a new faster technology that was 'coming soon'.

It's actually some kind of wireless LAN PCI slot.

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Crap name.

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