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Is PCI bound to disappear?
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Gawain
181 posts | 1 Posted on 01/18/2004 at 14:22 With all the new formats coming up on the audio market (USB 2.0, firewire, PCMCIA): | ||
geraldine.levalai
6 posts | 2 Posted on 01/18/2004 at 14:33 It' so easy to use a USB or FireWire sound card... PCI is realy not adapted for this kind of device ;-) | ||
djsub
16 posts | 3 Posted on 01/28/2004 at 20:02 Probably not for the forseeable future, there is still a massive system overhead with usb and the like and they do tend to introduce a lag. Perhaps some new technology will be developed that accesses the BUS in the same way as PCI and therefore doesnt suffer from lag or is heavy on system resources. ymmv sub | ||
calcappone
10 posts | 4 Posted on 02/01/2004 at 06:12 The next evolution is PCI Express and i cant wait to see what kind of performance we get out of soundcards using this new technology | ||
calcappone
10 posts | 5 Posted on 02/01/2004 at 06:29 Here a link if you wanna know more about PCI Express http://www.intel.com/technology/pciexpress/devnet/comms.htm | ||
nicklloyd
3 posts | 6 Posted on 02/09/2004 at 15:46 The new Mac G5 PCI buss is they way things are going to go. I use a pc with a MOTU setup, I've got a 2408, HD192 and a 24i/o wgich gives me 40 analog ins on the computer. My current PCI bus ofetn throws a fit when there's loads of i/o turned on. Seriously thinking of getting a G5. | ||
valve1138
5 posts | 7 Posted on 03/08/2004 at 22:19 Quote : The next evolution is PCI Express and i cant wait to see what kind of performance we get out of soundcards using this new technology This should be added to the Poll options. | ||
nain
2 posts | 8 Posted on 06/12/2006 at 00:30 (old news)PCI-E is the way to go loads faster then standerd PCI cant wait untill they start making PCi-E cards proper,I have a PCI-E board and im using the same graphics card that i was using on my PCI board but i have yhe PCI-E version now and its easy 10 times faster camt wait to see how good audio cards are with PCI-E :PCI will still be around for queite a while tho, | ||
moonz
5 posts | 9 Posted on 10/28/2006 at 20:06 The PCI slot soundcard can still be the best performing and most reliable option for recording audio into a computer. If this was not the case soundcards based on this bus design would have been completely displaced by USB or Firewire alternatives long ago. Companies, in their rush to create new product lines, have really been steering the pro soundcard buying public towards firewire-based audio products. But there can be some real nasty firewire controller chip issues to deal with if you go down that road. Texas Instruments firewire controller chips have proven to be the most reliable alternative, while some people experience functionality problems with VIA firewire controller chips. The kicker is that many people opt to use on-the-motherboard firewire ports for connecting their firewire-based soundcards, and, unfortunately, most motherboard-based firewire ports use VIA firewire controller chips. I imagine these potential firewire issues will be addressed as new motherboard designs with more reliable firewire controller chips arrive on the scene. USB has always suffered a bad rap, due to the limited bandwidth of USB 1.0. I don't think that USB 2.0 suffers the same problem, but many soundcard companies seem reluctant to embrace the standard, for reasons unknown to me. The soundcard manufacturers seem to be dragging their heels on PCI Express-based cards also. I think maybe PCI Express has some issues with providing large amounts of reliable 3volt and/or 5volt power to particularly demanding bus-powered devices, due to the narrowness inherent in the bus design. Just a some-what educated guess here. So...if I am correct, the PCI slot soundcard still makes for the most risk-free audio rig, and because of this alone it will probably be around for quite some time yet. :/ | ||
disorg
1 posts | 10 Posted on 11/03/2006 at 01:20 Why is USB 2.0 shunned by the industry and the fans/market/people/customers.. Almost all computers sold in the last four years have USB 2.0 and it has a higher bandwidth than firewire? huh? |
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