New PCIe 2.0 Spec offcially ratified

[billybk1]

I wonder how this will impact future UAD-2 development? Part of the new PCI Express 2.0 Bus Specification doubles the interconnect bit rate from the current 2.5 Gbps to 5 Gbps. As hardware/software developers, I am pretty sure UA has seen this coming, as the release candidate phase started over three months ago. Maybe the next UAD-1 will be PCIe 2.0 compliant?


http://www.dailytech.com/PCIe+20+Ratifi ... le5718.htm

 

[Ten]

It will be compliant as the spec is backward compatible, but it wont take advantedge of it (the new speeds) whatsoever. Infact a new card wont come anywhere near to taxing even a current x1 pcie slot.

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[Fundy]

I was just reading some of the following threads on that page and I as thinking \"obsessed\". I mean, why do people need all that power. Isn't it them creating the hole in ozone layer. :lol:

 

[Normandyrocks]

I was just reading some of the following threads on that page and I as thinking "obsessed". I mean, why do people need all that power. Isn't it them creating the hole in ozone layer. :lol:

I think the industry has been embarassed for their lack of forethought and now the may be overcompensating either that or there is stuff coming down the pike thats going to floor us all!! Maybe all of the above ??

 

[RichR]

Maybe it's not important at 44.1 / 48Khz, but it is at higher resolutions. Why would we need \"oversampling\" for high quality plugins if we could work directly at 192Khz.

 

[Fundy]

On a more serious note though, who is the extra bandwidth going to benefit? Mad teenage gamers whom are consumed with insanely need for fast stuff they don't really understand or could it benefit musicians/studio engineers who need as much power on interface as possible.

Now the difference in performance between ATA6 and S-ATA is notable, so I imagine the change from PCI-Conventional to PCI-E is too. However like all these newer technologies they are nowhere being taken to their theorotical limit.

It's like taking a Ferrari on a Sunday drive with your gran beside you. Having all that power but making use of it.