Picture of 3 different PCI slot configurations

[Axel]

http://207.33.24.2/images/Imag_Prod/840/PCI_Slots.JPG

Found this while looking at a new Supermicro 840 chipset motherboard and thought it might be useful to someone.

[Ultima]

That is indeed the very first time I have seen one of these.

Do you think it's somewhat like the differences between a normal agp slot and the agp pro???

Pim

[skywalker[TSG]]

the wierd thing is that these slots are not new

they have been around for some time
but never been put on a board before

i think that MSI or maybe it was ASUS
had them on their i820 board

i think they are called PCI X2 why is not so hard to understand

[Szech]

Does the PCI need 66 Mhz? At least for now?

[skywalker[TSG]]

well if it has 66mhz

then it will have more bandwith
this might be good for videoediting cards and other highend hardware

also PCI-33 will work in PCI-66 from what ive heard