Tag archive: PCI

Hauppage Digital has used CES to introduce its new WinTV-HVR-1250 PCI Express TV tuner for PCs, handy if you’ve been considering watching television on your computer.   The WinTV-HVR-1250 allows PC users to watch, pause and record analog NTSC cable TV, ATSC high definition digital TV and clear QAM digital cable TV on their Windows XP or Vista PC, in a window or full screen.… Read More

Quote from the article: “The expansion slots available on motherboards allow for a variety of upgrades in a computer system, but matching the appropriate card to an available slot needs to be addressed before making any purchasing decisions. The most common types of expansion cards for modern computer systems can be broken down into three formats: PCI, AGP, and PCI Express. Each of these formats will be addressed separately in this… Read More

This leading-edge graphics card features: — PCI Express 16X technology with 16 parallel pixel pipeline utilization — 256-bit quad-channel GDDR3 memory interface — Power-throttling technology for cooler running temperature “We're in the midst of what could be described as a high-end PC revolution,” said Mike Sanor, Crucial Technical Support Manager. “If you combine the latest hardware options… Read More

Quote from the review: “With the advent of PCI-E, the PCI line of cards are being slowly phased out, and like the AWE64 Gold of the past, Creative Labs decided to make one last PCI card, to be a transition from what was, and what is coming. Enter the Audigy 4 Pro. Take the best from the PCI pro music card, and add the best gaming support that their cards are known for, and you have the premier all-in-one consumer offering… Read More

Quote from the interview: “As with DDR2, there is no doubt that PCI Express will become the industry standard, because the extra bandwidth and scalable nature of its serial architecture are very beneficial for the industry as a whole. However, it's hard to say exactly when it will entirely replace the AGP and PCI buses. It seems likely that PCI Express graphics will ramp up relatively quickly to replace the AGP interface by the… Read More

With advanced image quality and performance enhancing technologies, the RADEON X600 products bring native 16 lane PCI Express, full DirectX 9 support, 128-bit memory interface and four extreme parallel 3D rendering pixel pipelines to Sony's PCs. “Sony is among the many world-leading companies to choose ATI's native PCI Express graphics,” said Rick Bergman, Senior Vice-President Marketing and General Manager, Desktop,… Read More

ATI may be shipping PC Express video cards, but we have yet to recieve one from the company for review. And when we trying purchasing one ourselves for review, they cannot be found. From the press release: ATI launched its full family of PCI Express graphics solutions on June 1 at COMPUTEX, including the RADEON X300, RADEON

NVIDIA Corporation today announced that its top-to-bottom family of PCI Express graphics processing units (GPUs) are now being offered with the industry's leading PCI Express motherboards from AOpenInc., ASUSTeK, Gigabyte Technology, and MSI. Together with its partners, NVIDIA is helping to push the visual envelope and deliver seamless multimedia experiences with cinematic-quality graphics atits core. "We believe PCI Express bundles… Read More

From the company's press release: Rambus Inc. today unveiled its Turbo PCI Express physical layer (PHY) platform which supports data rates of 5.0-6.4Gbps, as well as the 2.5Gbps data rate for today's PCI Express applications. This dual-mode capability allows system developers to increase bandwidth without re-architecting their current PCI Express-compliant system designs. The Turbo PCI Express platform includes a full-featured,… Read More

Quote from the preview at HardOCP: “ATi's Mobility Radeon X600 & Axiom lays claim to being the first PCI Express mobile solution to the market, power comparable to desktop GPUs and open-end upgradeability. With more than a handful of OEMs on board already onboard, the future of the latest in a long line of mobile GPUs seems bright. “ Read the full preview here Quote from the preview at The Tech Report:… Read More

From ATI's press release: ATI Technologies Inc. today announced MOBILITY RADEON X600, the industry's first mobile PCI Express graphics processor, along with AXIOM, a modular design innovation for PCI Express notebook upgradeability. ATI's mobile PCI Express solutions will be employed by more than sixteen of the industry's leading OEM and ODM designers including, Acer, Arima, ASUS, Clevo, ECS, eMachines, FIC,… Read More

From NVIDIA's press release: NVIDIA Corporation today announced that Intel Corporation will be using NVIDIA's top-to-bottom family of PCI Express graphics processing units (GPUs), as part of Intel's PCI Express-enabled chipset launch programs. Intel has purchased several thousand NVIDIA PCI Express enabled GPUs which Intel will be using for:  Platform Level Testing Software Development Kits Channel Seed Kits… Read More

From TI's press release: Further strengthening its commitment to PCI Express architecture development and deployment, Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) announced today the demonstration of a Split-Chassis PC platform at the Windows Hardware Engineering 2004 Conference (WinHEC 2004) in Booth #207. The Split-Chassis PC platform is made possible by TI´s new XIO2000 PCI-Express-to-PCI Bridge device. At the heart of the demonstration, is… Read More

From Matrox' press release: The card also incorporatesWhat-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG) video output plug-ins for leading editing and compositing applications. Ideal for PCI environments such as servers, Linux platforms and PCI workstations, as well as multi-board configurations, install multiple Parhelia PCI boards in a single PC or pair it up with the Parhelia AGP 8X for extraordinary display real estate. "The Matrox… Read More

Quote from the article at The Tech Report: “ALTHOUGH motherboards and core logic chips with PCI Express support aren't due out for weeks, ATI and NVIDIA have already announced plans to make current generation Radeon and GeForce FX parts compatible with the new interconnect technology. ATI and NVIDIA agree that PCI Express is the next big interface for graphics, but the two companies are initially supporting PCI Express in very… Read More