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Lasereth · 05-17-2004, 11:45 AM

PCI-E is a new form of PCI slots. It's much faster than the standard PCI ports in current motherboards, and is actually faster than AGP slots on current motherboards.

NVIDIA is planning to release videocards this year that are PCI-E Bridged. These cards will work on current motherboards, but have the speed of PCI-E slots.

ATI is planning on releasing videocards in AGP and PCI-E format this year, but not PCI-E bridged like NVIDIA.

PCI-E isn't popular yet. Some predict that PCI-E will "take over the market soon," but I wouldn't go that far. I think it'll be next year before they're popular or mainstream.

NVIDIA will probably release a PCI-E GeForce 6800, PCI-E Bridged GeForce 6800, and probably an AGP GeForce 6800. To tell ya the truth, PCI-E is way overhyped concerning videocards. 8X AGP slots aren't bottlenecked yet, and won't be for a while. NVIDIA and ATI can keep increasing the clock and memory speeds of their cards and get huge increases in power. I think PCI-E is supposed to debut in the next few months.

*EDIT*

I looked it up, and my guess was right: NVIDIA's GeForce 6 6800 is debuting at first in only AGP form, but plans to go to PCI-E bridged later on. ATI's X800 is the same way...AGP at first, then PCI-E later on).

-Lasereth

05-17-2004, 11:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	PCI-E is a new form of PCI slots. It's much faster than the standard PCI ports in current motherboards, and is actually faster than AGP slots on current motherboards. NVIDIA is planning to release videocards this year that are PCI-E Bridged. These cards will work on current motherboards, but have the speed of PCI-E slots. ATI is planning on releasing videocards in AGP and PCI-E format this year, but not PCI-E bridged like NVIDIA. PCI-E isn't popular yet. Some predict that PCI-E will "take over the market soon," but I wouldn't go that far. I think it'll be next year before they're popular or mainstream. NVIDIA will probably release a PCI-E GeForce 6800, PCI-E Bridged GeForce 6800, and probably an AGP GeForce 6800. To tell ya the truth, PCI-E is way overhyped concerning videocards. 8X AGP slots aren't bottlenecked yet, and won't be for a while. NVIDIA and ATI can keep increasing the clock and memory speeds of their cards and get huge increases in power. I think PCI-E is supposed to debut in the next few months. EDIT I looked it up, and my guess was right: NVIDIA's GeForce 6 6800 is debuting at first in only AGP form, but plans to go to PCI-E bridged later on. ATI's X800 is the same way...AGP at first, then PCI-E later on). -Lasereth __________________ "A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert Last edited by Lasereth; 05-17-2004 at 11:54 AM..