Someone update me.....what's pci-express and pci-x?

[Trader05]

Cause i have no clue! a basic what and when is good enough...

 

[digitalsm]

PCI-X is 133MHz and 66Mhz 64bit PCI Slots, commonly found on server and workstation boards, namely for PCI X SCSI controllers and the like.
PCI-Express is going to be the replacement of PCI slots when it comes out sometime late next year.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Faq You! Go to www.anandtech.com and check out the FAQ's

 

[newbiepcuser]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
Faq You! Go to www.anandtech.com and check out the FAQ's

Nah, Andy Hui barely understands it himself.


Linked for you

 

[Lyfer]

Whats the bandwidth of PCI-Express?

 

[Davegod]

PCI-Express is whats giving me a headache about buying a uber expensive new graphics card that wont even fit into my next system :|

 

[AndyHui]

PCI-X is an extension to the old PCI standard.

PCI Express is a new serial type bus, with a base bandwidth of 1Gb/s in each direction in an X1 link and allows scaling of up to X32 links, as well as higher clock speeds.

Read the article that I wrote that newbiepcuser linked to.

 

[mooojojojo]

I think PCI-Express is what was formerly known as 3GIO. Might be wrong though. Here's a technical overview at Firingsquad (it's quite old) - 3GIO Technical Overview

 

[AndyHui]

Yup, that's right.

I've got it covered in a little bit more depth here...PCI Express: Interconnect of the future.