Official PCI-Express webpage:
http://www.pcisig.com/specifications/pciexpress

Related links where where i got info from:
http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.html?i=1830


#1: It's a serial connection, like SATA

#2: It's backwards compatible with PCI in software/driver terms

#3: It had a very high effective bandwidth per pin........meaning? the slots are very small, in fact, a PCI-e x1 is much smaller then the PCI slot you see today(btw, the long slot is a PCI-e x16 slot, short one is a PCI-e x1 slot)




#4: It is NOT only for graphics cards(AGP) but other cards like network cards bla bla bla

#5: 60 watts max for PCI Express, compared to 25 watts for AGP 8X. meaning? no more molex connectors that'lll spoil your case mod look

#6: I can't stress this enough, and don't know why this thing keeps happening
PCI-E IS NOT PCI-X
PCI-X is an PCI part with an extended bus because server operators found that the PCI bus was getting bottlenecked so a new part was made to alleviate it

-this is PCI-X

This post has been edited by ikanayam: Mar 28 2004, 04:04 PM