Re: PCI Express 1x NIC

2006-03-02 Thread Mike Tancsa
On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:12:30 +0100, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote: >Hello. >I'v got an MB which is going to run 6.0/AMD64. It features a "PCI >Express x1" slot. >Has anyone had any experience with such a NIC? Altought this is gonna be >Gigabit, I'm more insterested in stability tha

Re: PCI Express 1x NIC

2006-03-02 Thread Robert Uzzi
> Derek Ragona wrote: >> PCI Express is NOT PCI-X >> >> PCI-X is larger slot usually running faster at 66MHz vs. standard PCI at >> 33MHz. PCI-X is found mostly on server motherboards. >> >> PCI Express is a small connector found on primarily desktop >> motherboards. > > Ok, thanks a lot. > So, do

Re: PCI Express 1x NIC

2006-03-02 Thread Andrea Venturoli
Derek Ragona wrote: PCI Express is NOT PCI-X PCI-X is larger slot usually running faster at 66MHz vs. standard PCI at 33MHz. PCI-X is found mostly on server motherboards. PCI Express is a small connector found on primarily desktop motherboards. Ok, thanks a lot. So, does PCI Express=PCI-E

Re: PCI Express 1x NIC

2006-03-02 Thread Robert Uzzi
> Hello. > I'v got an MB which is going to run 6.0/AMD64. It features a "PCI > Express x1" slot. > Has anyone had any experience with such a NIC? Altought this is gonna be > Gigabit, I'm more insterested in stability than in performance. > > Also, slightly OT, is PCI-Express aka PCI-X? Or is it PCI

Re: PCI Express 1x NIC

2006-03-02 Thread Derek Ragona
PCI Express is NOT PCI-X PCI-X is larger slot usually running faster at 66MHz vs. standard PCI at 33MHz. PCI-X is found mostly on server motherboards. PCI Express is a small connector found on primarily desktop motherboards. -Derek At 10:12 AM 3/2/2006, Andrea Venturoli wrote: Hel

PCI Express 1x NIC

2006-03-02 Thread Andrea Venturoli
Hello. I'v got an MB which is going to run 6.0/AMD64. It features a "PCI Express x1" slot. Has anyone had any experience with such a NIC? Altought this is gonna be Gigabit, I'm more insterested in stability than in performance. Also, slightly OT, is PCI-Express aka PCI-X? Or is it PCI-E? None