View Full Version : PCI-E 1x what are they for
uther
08-06-2008, 03:49 AM
i mean i have 2 of them and for the life of me i can't figure out what would use them
westudi
08-06-2008, 05:09 AM
The government uses them to spy on you.
mikec
08-06-2008, 05:18 AM
The government uses them to spy on you.
NO NO NO, that's Firewire. Sheesh, didn't you get the memo that was written with invisible ink???
The graphics cards folks adopted PCI-E 16x but the spec for PCI-E covers more then just graphics cards. In theory PCI-E should replace PCI in the future.
westudi
08-06-2008, 05:41 AM
NO NO NO, that's Firewire. Sheesh, didn't you get the memo that was written with invisible ink???
Darn, I thought the aliens were using firewire.
darknessgp
08-06-2008, 06:17 AM
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The graphics cards folks adopted PCI-E 16x but the spec for PCI-E covers more then just graphics cards. In theory PCI-E should replace PCI in the future.
The future is now!!
Low End Video Cards (http://www.accessgrid.org/node/123)
TV Tuner Card (http://www.powercolor.com/global/product_theater550pro_pcie.html)
SATA RAID Cards (http://www.promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?segment=RAID%20HBAs&product_id=156)
Honestly, it hasn't really caught on as much as many people thought it would and seems to be mainly used for RAID cards and low end video. Though then again, the only slot cards I have are my video card in a PCI-E 16x slot and my sound card in a PCI slot. Seems card slots aren't hugely popular.
mikec
08-06-2008, 06:27 AM
Are there any motherboards out that have ONLY PCI-E?
In reality, how many expansion cards are needed in today's world? The NIC, USB and Firewire are built in, so is audio and in some cases graphics. Yes, on board graphics isn't a viable option for gamers or certain graphics programs but for a web surfing/email machine, it is fine.
As for TV tuners, aren't there USB versions? Wouldn't USB 3 help with those?
admflameberg
08-06-2008, 12:07 PM
There for alot of things. ethernet cards, PCIE sound cards, firewire and the list can go on. It just depends what esle that they will make PCIEx1 vers of .
burkhartmj
08-06-2008, 02:07 PM
x1 is for a lot of things, but as said earlier, it usually focuses on high bandwidth cards like RAID or gigabit NIC add-ons. As far as the TV tuner cards and getting a USB one, even USB 3 won't be able to touch the bandwidth of any of the internal add-on slots [PCI 2.3 is 133 MB/s while the PCI-E spec maxes out at 8GB/s], as well as the fact that unless you want a pretty large hunk of plastic on your desk or stuffed in a corner, there isn't the space on USB tuner cards to have all the ports that an internal one has.
xfuuey
08-06-2008, 02:23 PM
surprised this couldn't just be googled by the poster of this thread :rolleyes:
slonkak
08-06-2008, 02:28 PM
surprised this couldn't just be googled by the poster of this thread :rolleyes:
Humans offer insight whereas search engines do not.
dark_shroud
08-08-2008, 01:34 PM
surprised this couldn't just be googled by the poster of this thread :rolleyes:
Not everyone wants pages full of links to forum threads & posts.
That being said I have a PCI-E 1x in my PC and it sits there unused. It's either getting an NIC or Firewire, when the new Firewire 3200 cards come out.
burkhartmj
08-08-2008, 02:44 PM
Yeah, mine went unused for a pretty long time until I got a 1x Hauppage tuner card
tdmeskimo
08-09-2008, 02:45 PM
PCI cards are taking on a whole new direction, the common PCI shares parrallel bandwith to the chip sets and processor, were the PCIe uses serial concept to save unused bandwith, thus incressing the speeds to cards pluged in as needed, to add, a 4x card can run at 1x thus having flexability in bandwith negotiation. A much better design and concept of cards.