PCI-E - White Elephant?

Jokester · 21 Jun 2006 at 21:49

See, there is demand for PCI-E cards

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Or at least MB makers should be more considerate when it comes to overloading their board with useless slots.

Jokester

Indy500 · 21 Jun 2006 at 21:51

^DFI LP 939 boards....only 2 PCI slots, and one can be blocked by graphics. Great move... :rolleyes:

Nikumba · 22 Jun 2006 at 00:05

Otacon said:
Unfortunately they're all coming out in the higher end market. There are some very capable RAID controllers, SCSI adapters, fibre channel cards etc on PCI-E for the mid range server market, and in that market they're quite cost effective.

I belive for servers its PCI-X not PCI-E similar design but differnet system from what i remeber, you are getting some dual xeon boards now carrying both PCI-E and PCI-X slots

Kimbie

pastymuncher · 22 Jun 2006 at 11:04

I have the same problem as some of the others. My mobo, when both graphics cards are inserted, only has one useable pci slot. However it does have a couple of useable pci-e slots sitting there doing nothing apart from taking up precious room that could have been used for another pci slot or two.

Meatball · 22 Jun 2006 at 14:49

I have 3 PCI slots but one useless PCI-E. I wouldn't mind having a PCI-E Bluetooth or WiFi card :cool:

El_Watcher · 22 Jun 2006 at 15:34

Physx cards. Why have they not released these in PCI-e 4x versions, seeing as they are designing them from the ground up, rather than modifying an already in use design.

MrScott · 22 Jun 2006 at 16:17

I work at a high-street competitor and we sell 1 or 2 SATA-II cards for 1x PCI-E. Apart from that I haven't seen much.

Burbleflop · 22 Jun 2006 at 17:24

Nikumba said:
I belive for servers its PCI-X not PCI-E similar design but differnet system from what i remeber, you are getting some dual xeon boards now carrying both PCI-E and PCI-X slots

Kimbie

The Octobot was right in what he said - midrange servers are coming with PCI-E slots now, whereas they've had PCI-X for quite a while.

Mikey1280 · 22 Jun 2006 at 17:41

I want a pci-e wifi card, there simply arent enough slots for those who want a tv card, sound card and wifi card. Even if you do get a board with 3 pci slots some of them are obstructed by double slot graphics card coolers

Wiggins · 22 Sep 2007 at 18:22

omg, 3 months in the making and time for an update huh?

I bought an Abit Airpace Wi-Fi 2 months ago which fits the PCI-Ex1 and its pretty good. Never had any drops/dead spots from it and its constantly either used for downloading/gaming/surfing 24hrs with a 'very good' connection constantly.

I bought it just as it had the arial cos I was having problems with a dongle as I'm in the back bedroom and the router is at the front of the house.

Thought I would bring this back to life instead of crashing someone elses thread about hard drives or summat

Jokester · 22 Sep 2007 at 18:25

Holy thread revival, and at the same time huge coincedence at the same time. Just bought a PCI-E Creative X-Fi yesterday for a new build

Jokester

Edit: Ended up using an external wireless ethernet adapter to get round my lack of PCI slots.

Wiggins · 22 Sep 2007 at 18:35

Well hit me with a loofer and call me president. Its about time PCI-Ex1 finally wiggled its way out of the wood and came back to the world of entertainment in a metal box

Have Creative finally sorted the drivers out for them? I remember reading about them having an annoying hissing sound coming through them due to not having the best sheilds.

On that note I reckon the PCI-Ex1 Wi-Fi Cards definately have the upper hand on PCI due to better bandwidth.