PCI Express - Semantics 2004-08-13 - By Rick Bolman
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Hey Dave,
I think that what you have in "supporting PCI-Express" is just a bit of
marketing speak. While the GPU could be used on the PCIx format, it
currently isn't. On the nVidia side, it looks like the 5900 is the top end,
and on the ATI side, it's the X600XT.
Rick
-- --Original Message-- --
From: Dave Angelini
To: truespace@(protected)
Sent: 8/13/2004 12:18 AM
Subject: Re: [TSML] PCI Express - Semantics
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
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