Alex wrote:
Yes - the change to drive product sales...
Of course... The change is to improve performance and to make things
compatible with newer process technology (driving lower voltages at
higher speeds).
The increased performance is what is intended to drive product sales.
Some external graphics cards are using shared system memory with the
bandwidth afforded by the PCI-X interface. Some graphics cards are
employing SLI arrangements using the PCI-X interface. It is not just
marketechture.
Of course if you want an older bus, you can go find a PCI video
card... Matrox made some good ones in those days...
If I had a PCI-X video card, I would probably use one of my PCI-X
motherboards... I am using a 5200 in a 865 board instead. Works just
fine (very stable).
However I think using a 915M ("Alviso") based internal graphics (with
built-in TV-out) would be a great choice for a Myth box if affordable
and supported (drivers in the kernel). The "Centrino" package can
make for a quiet and power-friendly arrangement, and the TV-out
A minor nit .... it's PCI-e not PCI-X. PCI-X is used in servers
mostly, and there's NO video cards using that buss. It's an extension
of the PCI buss.
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