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pci-express is the next generation video card slot. It replaces the AGP
slot. The hottest configuration is SLI ie. multiple pci-e slots (2 or 3)
running matched graphics cards.
These systems are mainly sought after by gamers and people who do
animation/rendering/video production on windows platforms. The hottest
pci-e (16x) video cards are the nvidea 8800 ultra w/ 768MB memory (on each
video card). The nvidea series is the first to support directX 10 and
they run $500 each.
Here's an example of a system that accepts up to three pci-e x16 cards and
is watercooled (because the new intel quad cores run hot when
overclocked):
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsdt_720h2c?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
IMHO these systems are only needed by greedy ms based programs. For the
average user these systems are overkill.
Sean C. Sheridan
scs@CampusClients.com
Campus Party, Inc.
444 North Third St.
Philadelphia, PA 19123
(215) 320-1810, xtn 117
(215) 320-1814 fax
http://www.CampusClients.com
http://www.CampusParty.com
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