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soccerchamp76 · 04-02-2004, 06:39 PM

I have heard of the graphics card companies (Nvidia/Ati) having PCI-expres models but does anybody know when they will be out and when motherboards will support this.
I will be building my computer for college around July-very early August so I am hoping it gets out soon. Any word on expected release dates?

sailor · 04-02-2004, 08:03 PM

My guess would be when the next generation of boards comes out, probably this summer. I suspect Lasereth will have an accurate answer though

shakran · 04-02-2004, 08:29 PM

I'm guessing not. . . AFAIK there won't be any PCIE motherboards to put a graphics card into by this summer.

sailor · 04-02-2004, 08:32 PM

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Originally posted by shakran
I'm guessing not. . . AFAIK there won't be any PCIE motherboards to put a graphics card into by this summer.

See? I told you I didnt know what I was talking about

I was assuming that when the new socket 939 generation boards come out, PCIE would be ready. Guess not

oblar · 04-03-2004, 12:48 AM

sailor, you werent the only one

i was led to believe it would be in the next mobo release, but I am not in the market for a new computer any time soon, so it was more a passing curiousity than anything else.

redarrow · 04-03-2004, 03:07 PM

Who really needs the speed of PCIE anyways?

sailor · 04-03-2004, 05:12 PM

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Originally posted by redarrow
Who really needs the speed of PCIE anyways?

You do. AGP is slated to be replaced by PCIE. You wont have much of a choice when they dont make the cards in anything but PCIE...

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soccerchamp76 Go Cardinals Location: St. Louis/Cincinnati	PCI-Express I have heard of the graphics card companies (Nvidia/Ati) having PCI-expres models but does anybody know when they will be out and when motherboards will support this. I will be building my computer for college around July-very early August so I am hoping it gets out soon. Any word on expected release dates? __________________ Brian Griffin: Ah, if my memory serves me, this is the physics department. Chris Griffin: That would explain all the gravity. Last edited by soccerchamp76; 04-02-2004 at 06:49 PM..

04-02-2004, 08:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
sailor beauty in the breakdown Location: Chapel Hill, NC	My guess would be when the next generation of boards comes out, probably this summer. I suspect Lasereth will have an accurate answer though __________________ "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." --Plato

04-03-2004, 12:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
oblar Über-Rookie Location: No longer, D.C	sailor, you werent the only one i was led to believe it would be in the next mobo release, but I am not in the market for a new computer any time soon, so it was more a passing curiousity than anything else. __________________ "All that we can do is just survive. .All that we can do to help ourselves is stay alive." - Rush

04-02-2004, 08:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	I'm guessing not. . . AFAIK there won't be any PCIE motherboards to put a graphics card into by this summer.

04-03-2004, 03:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
redarrow Banned Location: i gotta go	Who really needs the speed of PCIE anyways?