PCI Express - Semantics 2004-08-12 - By Dave Angelini
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So "supporting PCI-Express" means that at some time in the future you could
replace the GPU on the graphics card (for which I am interpretting "slot" in
you explanation below) with one that is designed for PCI-Express??
If that is the case, then this is a bit duplicitous as most users don't
replace the GPU's on their graphic cards. I find this hard to believe. Are
you referring to something else?
Nevertheless, performance wise, what are you NOT getting with a PCI-Express
"supported" graphics card as opposed to a true PCI-Express graphics card.
The "supported" cards all boost that they have 16 pixel pipelines which I
thought was at the core of PCI-e.
Thanks,
Dave Angelini
-- -- Original Message -- --
From: "Anthony Ware" <anthony@(protected)>
To: <truespace@(protected)>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 11:40 PM
Subject: Re: [TSML] PCI Express - Semantics
> Dave,
>
> In the very simplest terms possible....
>
> "Supporting PCI-Express" means you could make a version for a PCI-Express
> slot as the chip design is entirely suitable for it.
>
> "Available in PCI-Express" means you actually have made a PCI-Express
card
> using that chip.
>
> Remember a while back when many graphics cards were available in both PCI
> and AGP versions? You could say that those cards were "supporting" AGP and
> PCI but not every manufacturer chose to make them "available" in both
> versions.
>
> HTH,
>
> Anthony
>
>
>
> > -- --Original Message-- --
> > From: TSML [mailto:truespace@(protected)] On Behalf Of Dave Angelini
> > Sent: 12 August 2004 06:32
> > To: truespace@(protected)
> > Subject: [TSML] PCI Express - Semantics
> >
> >snip<
> >
> > Can anyone help clarify the distinction (if any) between
> > being available in PCI-Express as oppossed to just supporting it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dave Angelini
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