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PCI Express - Coming Soon to a PC Near You

Posted by michael on from the time-to-replace-all-your-cards-again dept.

Max Romantschuk writes "I've been following the emerging of PCI Express for some time now. PCI Express, previously known as "Third Generation I/O" or "3GIO", is the technology set to replace PCI. PCI has been with us for around ten years now, and is rapidly running out of bandwidth. Last week Anandtech ran an interresting story on PCI Express. The techology has previously been covered by Hexus and ExtremeTech aswell. I feel this technology looks all set to replace PCI, and we really do need some new bus technology to keep up with the bandwidth demands of today's applications. Or is this just yet another way to force us into a new upgrade cycle?"

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  1. Say goodbye to legacy crap by Angry+White+Guy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let's start fresh! SATA, PCI-Express, USB2.0! Time for a clean break! Get rid of all the legacy crap. We're supposed to upgrade every three years anyway, so let's really upgrade.

    Oh Shit, we all have iMac's now...

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    1. Re:Say goodbye to legacy crap by Surak · · Score: 4, Funny

      Better yet, let's rename PCI to PCI-Express and keep PCI-Express as PCI-Express, and then we'll all have PCI-Express. ;)

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  2. PCI 2 is the same as PCI? by tekrat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just wait until the PCI group renames PCI Express to PCI just to keep things confusing to the consumer. After all, if consumers are demanding PCI Express in their computers, then just rename everything to PCI express... or however that USB fiasco works out....

    I'm just wonering now if that external HD USB2 case I bought is really 1.1 or not... Grrrrr.

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  3. Physical Connector by CaseyB · · Score: 4, Funny
    I'm a bit concerned about the way the cards are mounted. System bus connectors aren't just data connections -- they're structural foundations for today's giant hardware.

    How are those tiny little serial connectors supposed to support the weight of my 2007 GeForce Maxx Fury 7 video blaster with its jet turbine fan? They'll snap like twigs, I tell ya!

  4. Faster pr0n by MonkeyBoyUk · · Score: 2, Funny

    Lets faces it, this is just so we can stream porn faster - everyone knows what drives technological advances. Innovation can be measured in pron per minute...

  5. Re:It will not just replace PCI by merlin_jim · · Score: 5, Funny

    Due to its high bandwidth, it's expected to replace AGP as well.

    This is not technically true, though I can see why you would be confused.

    They anticipate that customer demand for PCI-X will be so great that it will be difficult to sell AGP boards, therefore AGP will be renamed PCI-X. In order to distinguish between the two, the PCI-X spec will be designated "PCI-X High Speed" while the AGP spec will be designated "PCI-X Full Speed"

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  6. Re:It will not just replace PCI by Fulcrum+of+Evil · · Score: 5, Funny

    the PCI-X spec will be designated "PCI-X High Speed" while the AGP spec will be designated "PCI-X Full Speed"

    The really terrible thing here is that I can't tell if you're being serious or not.

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