PCI EXPRESS???
Posted:
Sat Apr 30, 2005 5:06 pmby the_echo
Hey all,
I need a pretty quick response to this...
What is PCI EXPRESS? Will the 6600GT PCI EXPRESS work on my normal PCI SLOTS?
Cheers.
Echo.
Re: PCI EXPRESS???
Posted:
Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:01 pmby asda_price
PCI-Express is the new bus for graphics cards and is twice the speed of AGPx8, thus making it x16. :)
They WILL NOT work in normal PCI slots - they won't even fit so don't try. ;D
Currently there are no big steps in PCI-Express and it works at a similar speed to AGPx8 - mainly due to poor support. :)
Re: PCI EXPRESS???
Posted:
Sun May 01, 2005 7:22 pmby Weather_Man
Yes, you'll need a new motherboard to use PCI-express. It's basically a brand new interface that will replace AGP.
Read an overview here if you want to learn all about it:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/ ... pcie.ars/1
Re: PCI EXPRESS???
Posted:
Sun May 01, 2005 10:31 pmby the_autopilot
No, PCI express is NOT backwards compabatible with PCI.
A 6600 gt is available in AGP though.