On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 11:13:37AM -0500, Nikolas Britton wrote: > I agree. PCIe 8x is a faster bus and it's typically connected directly > to the MCH (north bridge) unlike PCI-X which is stuck on the ICH > (south bridge).
This would be for a Northbridge-based system (ie. Intel). For AMD-based motherboards, both PCI-X and PCI-e controlers usually sit the same distance away the CPU's - one hop on the HyperTransport link. -- -- David ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is top-posting (putting a reply at the top of the message) frowned upon? _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
