Is it time to take the PCI Express?

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Is it time to take the PCI Express?

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Name: Dumb Geek (by bitboy)
Date: November 30, 2004 at 15:47:15 Pacific
Subject: Is it time to take the PCI Express?
OS: WinXP
CPU/Ram: P4 3.2GHZ, 1GB DDR 3200

Comment:

bandwidth Gets Bigger
Transfer rate(mbps) ----->faster
PCI express x16---------------->4000
AGP 8X -------->2128
PCI express x8 ------->2000
AGP 4X ---->1064
PCI express x2 -->500
AGP 1X ->266
PCI express x1 ->250
PCI ->133
A PCI express slot is designated by the number of lanes it supports:1x slot supports a single lane, an X2 slot supports 2 lanes, and so on. an x16 slot can handle 4 GBps of bandwidth of an AGP 8X. but dont throw your PCI card out yet. the lastest comp and motherboards come equipped with a single x1 slot, a single x16 slot for the graphic card, and some original PCI slots.
unless you are on a tight budget or you just bought a high-end AGP video card for your current system, a PC equipped with PCI express is a sound buy. well, if you are not in hurry, however, wait for a while. PCI express cards are scarce and untested, as is software that can take advantage of the newly available bandwidth.
P4 3.2GHZ
kingstom 1GB DDR 3200
Nvidia geforce FX 5950 256mb

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Response Number 1

Name: devils6889
Date: November 30, 2004 at 16:05:36 Pacific
Subject: Is it time to take the PCI Express?

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its not worth to buy one at the moment.
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Name: GTPlaYeR
Date: November 30, 2004 at 17:56:51 Pacific
Subject: Is it time to take the PCI Express?

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You might wanna wait. But if you can't wait and you're pretty serioud about PCIe you can always shell out some serious cash for the best in PCI-Express, you can check out Alienware or VoodooPC's nVidia SLi systems.

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Response Number 3

Name: 3D XP
Date: December 2, 2004 at 06:14:15 Pacific
Subject: Is it time to take the PCI Express?

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The only reason Im waiting for PCI X is so i can inverst in an mobo that supports SLI techology. If your gonna have it, 2 pci x video cards are better than 1 right ? LOL
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1x wd 80gig se
SB audigy 2 plat. ex
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Response Number 4

Name: Stretch
Date: December 2, 2004 at 13:35:55 Pacific
Subject: Is it time to take the PCI Express?

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I think i'll wait for at least a few years - my AGP powered PC is plenty powerful for the foreseeable future.
Also the expense - geez: at gamepc.com you can equip your custom PC with an ATI Radeon X800 XT PCI for 688 dollars. That's just insane to me. That costs more than a low-end basic use workstation.

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Response Number 5

Name: Coldkill3
Date: December 3, 2004 at 22:17:56 Pacific
Subject: Is it time to take the PCI Express?

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Hey, whats up anyway umm i have a VPR Matrix and i got 2.66 Ghz P4 and 512 megs of ram right, thats sounds alright buy i also have a GeForce MX 420. (I know it crap) See im thinking of upgrading my graphics card but I hear i may need a new mother board, since mine has 5 pci slots non express and 1 agp should i buy a PCI E or should i wait, also will i need new proccessor, ram if i upgrade.

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