Re: What a riot----July 1996 Computer Shopper
From: Randy Howard (randyhoward_at_FOOverizonBAR.net)
Date: 05/24/04
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Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 02:12:46 GMT
In article <Ajbsc.8021$rb.7379@nwrdny03.gnilink.net>,
tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com says...
> Which do you think (E or X) will survive in the long run? I'm betting
> E, but am just not sure.
I suspect both will be around for a while, at least in servers. I will
be surprised if PCI-X makes even a token appearance in desktops,
notebooks or low-end-workstations. However the ability to put graphics
adapters in PCI-E slots with much improved performance over 8X AGP
seems to imply that the gamers (and game programmers) will be clamoring
for PCI-E graphics cards ASAP.
> Seems to me that PCI-X is at least a tremendous boost if what you're
> interested in is keeping the existing card set already alive and well in
> the universe.
Nothing prevents people from using the "existing card set" in traditional
PCI slots. Heck, most people don't even have a 64-bit PCI slot in their
systems, much less a 64-bit adapter. Given that 32-bit gigabit ethernet
adapters are effectively clamped down to about half of their potential
throughput (easily demonstrable by comparing "real" GigE NICs in 64-bit
slots to the same nic in a 32-bit slot, or 32-bit NICs in either, I'm
somewhat surprised that more people haven't been whining about the lack
of 64-bit slots in most commodity board designs. I suspect it's because
most people don't drive enough load to care. It's only the server crowd
that really feels the pinch of slot performance typically.
Outside of a few SCSI RAID and SATA RAID controllers, and a fair number
of "server NICs for high-end usage, almost nobody is using (or even
making) PCI-X adapters.
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computer hardware industry..." - Henry Petroski
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