2007-03-30 10:02:04 · 4 answers · asked by Midhun V 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
PCI-E as opposed to PCI :
Very popular with newer & faster video cards.
Different type of interface (slot on your mainboard).
Much faster tranfer rate (better performance).
In simple terms & for our own use ... that's about all we need to know.
regards,
Philip T
2007-03-30 10:31:02 · answer #1 · answered by Philip T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PCI Express, officially abbreviated as PCIe (and sometimes confused with PCI Extended, officially abbreviated as PCI-X), is a computer system bus/expansion card interface format. It is intended to replace PCI, PCI-X, and AGP.
PCIe is a flexible hybrid serial-parallel interface format. That is, it uses serial interconnects which can be arbitrarilly bonded together (see Channel bonding) to form a single higher-speed interconnect. PCIe 1.1 transfers data at 250 MB/s in each direction per lane. With a maximum of 32 lanes, PCIe allows for a total combined transfer rate of 8 GB/s in each direction. To put these figures into perspective, a single lane has nearly twice the data rate of normal PCI, a four lane slot has a comparable data rate to the fastest version of PCI-X 1.0, and an eight lane slot has a data rate comparable to the fastest version of AGP.
2007-03-30 10:10:29 · answer #2 · answered by khrome_wind 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pci express has more bandwidth than pci
2007-03-30 10:04:49 · answer #3 · answered by ryan_macalinao5472 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
haha i love it when people just cut and paste answers from websites to make themselves sound smart since they dont know how to put it in their own words or dont know exactly how to explain it :)
although it does work out for the person asking because they learn from it but i just found it humorous
2007-03-31 01:28:53 · answer #4 · answered by dane 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋