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Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by cfitzarl, Jan 6, 2007.

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  1. cfitzarl TechSpot Chancellor

    They're going to come out with PCI-Express 2.0, which is twice the bandwidth of the X16 slot ( :confused: ?). I just wonder when it's coming out. The X16 cards will be backwards compatible too :unch: !
    cfitzarl, Jan 9, 2007
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  2. Grafficks Newcomer, in training

    According to an article on the holiday issue of Maximum PC, the next-gen PCI-Express 2.0 doubles the speed from 2.5GHz per wire to 5GHz per wire.

    Backwards compatible = If you plug in a first-generation device into a second-generation motherboard the board will automatically shift down in speed.

    PCI-E 2.0 should look identical to current hardware too.
    Grafficks, Jan 9, 2007
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  3. zephead TechSpot Paladin

    PCI-E bandwidth is getting ahead of the CPU socket itself
    zephead, Jan 10, 2007
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  4. Boogityboo04 Newcomer, in training

    That is kind of crazy now that I think about it. The specs for the AM2 HT bus are 10 GB/s, so how about a CPU using PCIe? (Yes, yes, I know there's some good reason that it would be stupid, no need to tell me)

    200th post, yay
    Boogityboo04, Jan 10, 2007
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