What's better? AGP or PCI-E?

[wobbuffet]

i don't know about computers

 

[olds]

wrong forum
and it's PCI as the best

 

[bradruth]

PCI-E

 

[her209]

PCI-E obviously.

 

[amol]

PCI express

and Nik's light is on

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: her209
PCI obviously.

 

[Zolty]

ISA is the best.



but in reality, what they all said

 

[Mrvile]

Lemme point you in the right direction. <--- --->

 

[rudeguy]

going to go with regular PCI on this one. Please add it to the poll.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Amol
PCI express

and Nik's light is on

Yup, and i'm going to get blamed for yelling wrong forum in here, even though I haven't. :roll: I'm typically beaten to the punch on these, but I take the heat anyway.

Oh, and PCI-E.

For the concepts of each:
http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=27&flcache=4805667&entercat=y

For the motherboards that hold the slots:
http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=29&flcache=4805667&entercat=y

For the cards that go in the slots:
http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=31&flcache=4805667&entercat=y

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: her209
PCI obviously.

PCI != PCI-E.

PCI-E > AGP > PCI

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: her209
PCI obviously.

PCI != PCI-E.

PCI-E < AGP < PCI

 

[wobbuffet]

thanks Nik:beer:

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

PCI-E is the new fangled slot that's going to replace AGP slots. Right now it's only being used for video on the newer chipsets like 915, 925, and 945, but I wouldn't doubt seeing it used as a replacement for PCI entirely. I can't wait to build a new computer with a 945 chipset for myself.

 

[jswjimmy]

pci-e

the guy who sayed ISA must have just woke up from a 10 year coma

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: jswjimmy
pci-e

the guy who sayed ISA must have just woke up from a 10 year coma

Chill out. They are joking.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: jswjimmy
pci-e

the guy who sayed ISA must have just woke up from a 10 year coma

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[nageov3t]

ISA rocks. I hear it's going to be making a huge comeback with the next generation of motherboards.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: jswjimmy
pci-e

the guy who sayed ISA must have just woke up from a 10 year coma

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Whoa wait a minute. They sell video "cards" now?

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: jswjimmy
pci-e

the guy who sayed ISA must have just woke up from a 10 year coma

Chill out. They are joking.

he is still a noob. He is not equipped with a sarcasm meter yet.

 

[jswjimmy]

i was just joking.

cant i do it as well as the guy(s) who sayed isa?

 

[tm37]

Originally posted by: Zolty
ISA is the best.



but in reality, what they all said

VESA PWNS you

 

[dudeman007]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: her209
PCI obviously.

PCI != PCI-E.

PCI-E > AGP > PCI

wtf campbell soup?

When did this happen?

 

[So]

AGP is technically slower than PCI-E

but just like the move from AGP 4x to 8x, there is no difference.

Oh, and...wrong forum.

 

[BurnItDwn]

an AGP and a PCI-E version of the same model video card will have the exact same performance.

A 16x PCI-E Slot Has twice as much bandwidth as an 8x AGP slot, however, No video cards on the market come anywhere close to using that much bandwidth.

So, Technically, the PCI Express Technology is Superior to that of AGP, but there is currently no practical advantage for PCI-E over AGP in standard PC usage.


Now I *COULD* see some BIG advantages to using 16x PCI-E Networking to connect nodes within a Behemoth Cluster as opposed to how most are currently built using multiple nics each on 64bit/66mhz PCI slots. (Though the NICs would need to be a heck of a lot faster then Gig-E to use a full 16x PCI Express slot)