PCiE What's that ?

[tinwindow]

Hey Ya' all,
I have been asleep or something....
I see there is another PCI slot ....
Is this compatable with a regular PCI card ???
Is there more than one type of express ???
What happened to AGP ???
TW

[MadPistol]

PCI-express is a new type of slot that was made mainly for video cards. The video card uses a PCIE 16x slot, but there are other slots that are 8x, 4x, and can be used for other cards and such. PCI is still the standard for other peripheral cards.

What happened to AGP??? It got replaced... By PCI-express.

It is not compatible with regular PCI cards, as this uses a different type of bus. However, PCI slots can be found on motherboards containing PCI-express slots too.

If you want to know more, here's a linky:

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/pci-express.htm

Enjoy! :t

EDIT: I found another PCI-express card.... and it's not a graphics card. :eek:

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=249090#

[Midknyte]

Best of Video Cards & Monitors (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=162277)

Look at the very first link.

[tinwindow]

Thanx for the info....Time to read....