The replacement of AGP 8x - PCI Express

[XMEN Iceman]

Here is a great article discussing not only the replacment of the AGP standard, but also the new replacement of the PCI slots, PCI-X.<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1087" target="top">Link to Article</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>One of my favorite quotes: "The 164-pin X16 slot is expected to provide a total usable bandwidth of around 4GB/s, double the 2.1GB/s bandwidth that the 8x AGP spec boasts. Otherwise, the X16 specification is pretty similar to AGP in terms of connector card size, though entire non-compatible. <br><br>One fairly exciting possibility for this upcoming technology is the potential for multiple graphics cards using the same high-speed connection. Currently it is possible to use more than one video card in a given system by combining an AGP card with a 32-bit PCI card. There is no apparent reason why the X16 spec could not be extended to include support for more than one slot, allowing multiple high-speed PCI-Express graphics cards... though at the moment, such a feature does not exist as far as we know." <br><br>SWEET!!! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br> <p><table border=0><tr><td><embed align=left src=http://www.thzclan.com/avatars/ezice.swf menu=false quality=high bgcolor=#000000 width=217 height=166 type=application/x-shockwave-flash pluginspage=http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/dow ... <td><table border=0 style='Filter: Shadow(Color=#BB1403,Direction=255)'><tr><td><span class='usertitle'>XMEN Iceman [DTM]<br>Founder and Leader of the Base Tribes XMEN Clan<br>Proud member of the Dragon Talon Mercenaries teamplayers Guild<br>Citizen of New Fenecia<br><br>You weren't much of a challenge - T2 bot after killing Iceman<br><br>- click on avatar for links - no, not sausage links!</span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><i></i>

[XMEN Gambit]

I read somewhere that we'll be seeing PCI-X stuff (mobo & cards) for sale before the end of the year. <p></p><i></i>

[THZGryphon]

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[Nilk]

now that is the standard developed by Intel and other backers, <br>but AMD WAS working on a different protocal called PCI-X, anyone know what became of it?<br> <p></p><i></i>