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I havent heard to much about PCI Express cards could someone please fill me in, thanks.
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PCI express is a new faster technology to replace AGP slots next year.
The next cards from ATI and Nvidia will be using PCI express technology but at the start they will also be built with a PCI Express-to-AGP bridge (it will look like AGP). But they will also make thoses cards (and future cards) with Pci express. Those are the last cards that will work with AGP.
ATI is claiming 2x faster than the 9700/9800 series but I'm guessing that PCI express has a lot to do with that (available bandwidth). Doubt it is 2x for the AGP version. Not to mention "2x faster" is all marketing hype so we will just have to see.
The next cards from ATI and Nvidia will be using PCI express technology but at the start they will also be built with a PCI Express-to-AGP bridge (it will look like AGP). But they will also make thoses cards (and future cards) with Pci express. Those are the last cards that will work with AGP.
ATI is claiming 2x faster than the 9700/9800 series but I'm guessing that PCI express has a lot to do with that (available bandwidth). Doubt it is 2x for the AGP version. Not to mention "2x faster" is all marketing hype so we will just have to see.
