Doug Crompton on 4 Jan 2006 00:43:07 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Re: SATA and Raid


It seems that express is an intel invention and PCI-X is an industry wide
standard? It looks like it goes out to 533mhz.  See...

http://www.pcisig.com/specifications/pcix_20

Doug

On Tue, 3 Jan 2006, Aaron Mulder wrote:

> Just be aware that PCI-X and PCI Express are not the same thing!  Most
> previous server boards used PCI-X as the faster-than-PCI alternative,
> but if the world moves on to PCI Express in the future, a PCI-X card
> will not be compatible.
>
> Aaron
>

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