Recent content by calak

Looks like a consensus that PCIe will, at least initially, support PCI slots in addition to the low-end PCIe-1x. Your visual confirmation pretty much seals that. The big question remaining is will motherboards support an AGP video slot in addition to PCIe-16 video? That one AGP slot is...

You know, that PCIe hot-swap for peripherals looks cool. I don't even know how I'd want to use it, but I like it anyway. I'm heartened that there will be PCI support on PCIe motherboards. AGP would be even better. Simultaneous PCIe-16 + AGP would be the best.

"There is an upcoming board (previous post from anandtech contributor) that will have both pci-e and agp?" I can't find the post, but that sounds good. What I'd like most of all is PCIe-16 along with an AGP slot and both useable simultaneously, thereby providing not only legacy (AGP) support...

Or do you have to disable the on-board vid to use the AGP, or soon PCIe-16, video?

Yes, ISA is what I meant not PCAT, sorry. I'm asking how much of a break PCI to PCIe going to be, and hoping there will be some legacy support - that's PCI now believe it or not - during this transition. ISA to PCI had dual-capability for a while so you could accessorize ahead. Frankly, I'm...

They used to put 4 PCI slots + 2 PCAT slots on boards for the first year or two of that switchover. Anyone know if PCIe + PCI will be similar? What about an AGP video slot in addition to a PCIe-16 video slot, to carry over an AGP video card and maybe provide dual-monitor support? Is anything...

Thanks mike. The power supply was the most immediate question I had given that the new ATX Enermax just arrived. With that PS and the Promis SATA controller I can hook up my SATA drives to my existing ATX PCI and still plan on moving both the PS and the disks to a PCIe system.

It's out in about a month and I'm holding off getting system board stuff until I see what's what. I might not even want to go PCIe though I think so. In the meantime I have started ordering some components that should mostly fit either way: CASE : PCIe motherboards will be built for both ATX...