PCI Express to see 2.0 in the near future

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1. October 11, 2006 12:58 AM
   OUTLAWXXX said:
   LOL DAMN i havn't even upgraded from my AGP yet and their going to PCI-E 2.0 now!! well when i finally feel i have to upgrade its gonna be a heck of an upgrade
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2. October 13, 2006 5:09 AM
   disciple said:
   [b]Originally posted by OUTLAWXXX:[/b][quote]LOL DAMN i havn't even upgraded from my AGP yet and their going to PCI-E 2.0 now!! well when i finally feel i have to upgrade its gonna be a heck of an upgrade [/quote]Same here; it just seems madness on the upgrade front at the moment; what happened to buying a few sticks of ram??lol.If i was going to upgrade now, i would have to buy a complete new system. I'll wait for things to settle.
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3. October 13, 2006 7:33 AM
   peas said:
   PCI-E 2.0 is looking more and more like Infiniband, or IB. Intel backed IB in the late 90's but backed out of it in favor of PCI-Express. The mechanical connections are virtually identical between IB and PCI-E. The 10 meter connection length is designed for rack-mount servers to share working memory at high speeds, useful for clustering. That was one of IB's big selling points.Don't bank on PCI-E 2.0 hitting the desktop anytime soon, at least not with full-fledged external interconnection support.
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4. October 16, 2006 5:41 PM
   zephead said:
   i can't help but think of how much extra juice this will suck up...
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