I'm new to PC Building and have really been having a great time learning and discussing new technologies and such. I have a few questions though. At this point in the game what kind of devices (besides video cards) are available for PCI Expresss and what is the advantage of using them. So far I'm under the impression that AGP is gone within in the next year so don't plan on a board with only AGP being very upgradable even in the near future and I've accepted that part of it. Really the biggest question I have is why do PCIe slots have different sizes (x16, x1, x4 etc.) and what devices will be developed for those different slots(besides the x16 slots because I understand those are for video cards). I'm sure I could find this information somewhere on the net, but I was hoping to get a bunch of different opinions and tech manuals aren't very interactive.
oh, another thing I just came up with... what's the difference between video cards with 8 pixel pipelines and 16? Are they twice as fast.
oh, another thing I just came up with... what's the difference between video cards with 8 pixel pipelines and 16? Are they twice as fast.