PCI-Express 2.0 coming out!

[undeclared]

http://www.pcisig.com/specifications/pciexpress/base2

 

[theprodigalrebel]

I guess it doesn't 'really' come out until Intel's Bearlake X38 chipset.

 

[nanaki333]

have we even seen half of pcie's potential yet?

 

[Fallen Kell]

Originally posted by: nanaki333
have we even seen half of pcie's potential yet?

There are plenty of reasons to want to upgrade in speed/bandwidth. If future motherboards still offer the same number of traces as current ones, but have double the bandwidth available, this will allow more devices to be built into the motherboards and/or added on, especially in the server/enterprise level. Having 5.0 Gbps per lane will allow servers with higher speed connection networking (10 G-Ethernet can be easily managed), as well as allow more bandwidth to controller cards for devices like RAID arrays.

For home users, it won't make much of a difference yet for a while, other then allow quad-sli graphics on a single board.

 

[josh6079]

Intel's Bearlake X38 chipset.

When's that suppose to hit?

What are its specs?

 

[jim1976]

Originally posted by: josh6079

Intel's Bearlake X38 chipset.

When's that suppose to hit?

What are its specs?

Check this..

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: nanaki333
have we even seen half of pcie's potential yet?

Have we even seen full use of AGP 4X's bandwidth?

 

[josh6079]

Thanks for the link Jim.

 

[n7]

Here's a better idea: get manufacturers of peripheral cards on board with PCI-e 1x/4x :frown:

All these damn motherboards with nearly no PCI slots, & nothing to put in the PCI-e slots...

 

[GimpyFuzznut]

Just another waste of money forcing us to upgrade to hardware that isn't even utilized to its potential. And like already stated, what's the point if anything other than a graphics card is still being made in PCI?

 

[sonoma1993]

Originally posted by: n7
Here's a better idea: get manufacturers of peripheral cards on board with PCI-e 1x/4x :frown:

All these damn motherboards with nearly no PCI slots, & nothing to put in the PCI-e slots...

I agree

 

[Avalon]

Need more sound cards and wifi cards in PCI-e.

 

[aka1nas]

This also means that the future cheaper x8/x8 PCI-E 2.0 SLI/Crossfire platforms will remain a viable option as they will have the same bandwith as full x16/x16 SLI/Crossfire does now.