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A few PCI-E questions

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I have been wandering some stuff about pci-e. First off I was wandering when will the pci-e boards be available? Will they support socket 478 and the a64 socket? Or are they just going to support the new AMD and Intel processors? Is pci-e only going to support ddr2 or will ddr1 work with it also? When will pci-e vid cards be available? And finally what are some estimated prices for the pci-e boards, the new amd and intel processors, and the new vid cards. Thanks guys. I appreciate it.
 
The ETA on PCI Express hardware is June or July. PCI Express support will happen independently of socket type or RAM type. It all depends on the chipset manufacturers. That said, I would guess that PCI Express will emerge:

for the Socket 775/T Pentium 4 platform, in the i915 and 925 series chipsets, supporting DDR and DDR-II (only DDR-II for the i925X)
for the Socket 939 Athlon 64 platform, with support for DDR

Like I said, PCI Express has nothing to do with CPU socket or RAM type.

PCI Express videocards should see availability in the June-July timeframe as well. Prices will range from less than $100 to $500+ for the latest and greatest. Rumors suggest that many existing videocards will have PCI Express variants in the future, to accomodate all likely markets.

Motherboards with PCI Express may carry the price premium associated with any brand new chipset. I don't suspect that PCI Express will appreciably raise motherboard prices, unlike the LGA Socket 775/T and the extra work required for DDR-II integration.

Finally, I think that AMD and Intel processors will follow current market prices on the high, mid-range, and low-end processors. In other words, around $800-900 for the exotic high end Extreme Ediction and Athlon 64 FX, and a "flagship mainstream" model at the $400 price point. The low-end Athlon 64 and Pentium 4 should turn in at about $170, roughly. This is all unsubstantiated rumor, but not unreasonable by anyone's estimate.
 
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