PCI-Express Radeon 9600 Pics

[Aslan]

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=47613

Not sure how much benefit a Radeon 9600 would get from PCI Express, but whatever.

[Phoenix87]

I thought PCI express was going to have a much smaller connection?

[Overclocker550]

this looks alot like regular pci. theres no reason to make such crappy cards for pci express

[L337 M33P]

Originally posted by Overclocker550
this looks alot like regular pci. theres no reason to make such crappy cards for pci express

Mkay since when were 32bit PCI slots twice the size without any internal tab breaks?

That is probably an 8x PCI-express slot - the normal ones are 1x and are indeed tiny.

[Evnas]

Originally posted by Overclocker550
theres no reason to make such crappy cards for pci express

And why is that? EVERY card can benefit from PCI-Express

And ATi has been showing off PCI-Express for months. They were the first company to announce a fully funtional PCI-Express card, and still are the only ones that I know of.

[Overclocker550]

who is gonna stick a "budget" card in a brand new pci-express mobo? thats like me sticking a tnt in my kt400

[Evnas]

Originally posted by Overclocker550
who is gonna stick a "budget" card in a brand new pci-express mobo? thats like me sticking a tnt in my kt400

The card isnt in production, nor will it ever be. Its a model to show that ATi has plans for the future use of PCI-Express, and as it has already been shown quite a few times on both a 9700 Pro and 9800 Pro, they are probably showing it on a 9600 Pro for stock holder satisfaction

[SpaceyWilly]

well if you're gonna complain about a pci express 9600, why dont you complain about the 8x agp ti4200s? Its just marketing; people will buy 8x agp cards just because they have an 8x agp slot, and the same goes for this 9600.