When people say PCI-X instead of PCI-E

[linkgoron]

does it annoy you? I don't know why... but... Well I don't know... but it annoys me...

 

[CraigRT]

actually it annoys me too.. LOL

 

[mcmikemc]

Not as much as when my grandfather, that used to work for Big Blue, says serial connection when he means USB.

 

[Corporate Thug]

yes, those people should be arrested, thrown in jail for life with no possibolity of parole

 

[Zap]

It's annoying because PCI-E (or PCIe, PCI Express) is different from the PCI-X slots on server boards. If PCI-X didn't exist and "PCI-X" was just a mistyping of PCI-E then I'd let it slide (and figure the typer didn't care or is too young to notice typos).

 

[Lonyo]

Yes, because there is a PCI-X interface and it's not like PCIe and confusing the two could be an issue if you manage to be an idiot and buy the wrong components.
And if you're stupid enough to confuse the two, you're likely to be close to being stupid enough to buy the wrong kind of card.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: mcmikemc
Not as much as when my grandfather, that used to work for Big Blue, says serial connection when he means USB.

And the S in USB stands for....?

 

[coomar]

aren't pci-x videocards more expensive than pci-e cards

thats insurance against the stupidity

 

[linkgoron]

Yeah, I know that PCI-X isn't the same as the PCI-E, that's why it annoys me...
I also hate people that try to tell me computer related news (cause people know I like computer stuff), but they tell me about it a week/month after I hear about it.. (like Apple+Intel stuff)

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Not really...

If I'm in a thread and someone uses PCI-X as a term I correct them, but I don't get annoyed... is that what you mean?

It bothers me more when someone uses the term input and output interchangably... makes audio problems irritating to understand what they're trying to do.

 

[nitromullet]

It annoys me somewhat, but what it really drives home is that PCI-Express is a terrible name for this technology, especially since pci-x already existed. Furthermore, adding 'express' to a product name usually makes me think of the a reduced version of that product for the "person with the on the go lifestyle", similar to "lite", "SE", "value", and "diet"...

 

[linkgoron]

Yay, I'm not alone

 

[Matt2]

Kinda like people on the west coast refer to ecstacy as "E", while on the east coast, the same drug is known as "X"

 

[JonnyBlaze]

Originally posted by: Matt2
Kinda like people on the west coast refer to ecstacy as "E", while on the east coast, the same drug is known as "X"

iv sli'd a few of those bad boys in my time. :thumbsup:

 

[Matt2]

Originally posted by: JonnyBlaze

Originally posted by: Matt2
Kinda like people on the west coast refer to ecstacy as "E", while on the east coast, the same drug is known as "X"

iv sli'd a few of those bad boys in my time. :thumbsup:

 

[imported_Kensai]

Yes because it's two different interfaces with different purposes.

 

[linkgoron]

Who voted for "You're Stupid"?

 

[ArchAngel777]

Originally posted by: Matt2
Kinda like people on the west coast refer to ecstacy as "E", while on the east coast, the same drug is known as "X"

Woah, lookd like we have our board stoner

 

[VIAN]

Yes, get the fcking terms right.

 

[xtknight]

They should be dismembered, bones put in a grinder then burned at the stake, then put in an unmarked ossuary. A tank will then drive over the ossuary, and once the bones are little particles, they should be used to make a Guillotine. Same as the people who keep making Sander Sassen threads, but I'll have to propose something worse for them.

Just today: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=31&threadid=1692675&enterthread=y

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: linkgoron
I also hate people that try to tell me computer related news (cause people know I like computer stuff), but they tell me about it a week/month after I hear about it.. (like Apple+Intel stuff)

LOL.

 

[ArchAngel777]

Originally posted by: linkgoron
Yeah, I know that PCI-X isn't the same as the PCI-E, that's why it annoys me...
I also hate people that try to tell me computer related news (cause people know I like computer stuff), but they tell me about it a week/month after I hear about it.. (like Apple+Intel stuff)

Yeah, I know... No kidding... My Uncle always asks questions like "I guess the new PS3 is going to be 300 times faster than a PC according to Sony" Ahhh.... Like I care about the PR BS? Of course, I have to be kind and tell him "Thanks for the heads up" while mumbling to myself "You are 1 month late and your information is majorly incorrect".

 

[ddogg]

lol you cant expect him to know all the technicalities of the PS3.

 

[Pythias]

Language evolves every day. Bad used to mean bad. Gay meant happy. a Joint was a prison or a bar. So...meh.

 

[mcmikemc]

Originally posted by: Lonyo

Originally posted by: mcmikemc
Not as much as when my grandfather, that used to work for Big Blue, says serial connection when he means USB.

And the S in USB stands for....?

A better question is what do the U and B stand for.