Rumburak
Enthusiast
Da bald Grafikkarten mit der neuen PCIe-Spezifikation 2.0 erscheinen werden, stellt sich die Frage: werden Karten nach PCIe 2.0 auf Mainboards mit PCIe 1.0 und 1.1 laufen?
Welchen Standard unterstützt mein Board überhaupt?
Diese oder ähnliche Fragen kommen in diversen Foren immer wieder auf und die News zum Thema sind auch nicht eindeutig.
Auf PCI-SIG habe ich dazu folgende Statements gefunden:
Quelle
So, wie ich das verstehe, ist die Abwärtskompatibilität gegeben.
Ich bitte um eine Diskussion...
Welchen Standard unterstützt mein Board überhaupt?
Diese oder ähnliche Fragen kommen in diversen Foren immer wieder auf und die News zum Thema sind auch nicht eindeutig.
Auf PCI-SIG habe ich dazu folgende Statements gefunden:
Q3: What are the benefits of PCIe 2.0? What business opportunities does it bring to the market?
A3: While doubling the bit rate satisfies high-bandwidth applications, faster signaling has the advantage of allowing various interconnect links to save cost by adopting a narrow configuration. For example, a PCI Express 1.1 x8 link (8 lanes) yields a total aggregate bandwidth of 4GBytes/s, which is the same bandwidth obtained from a PCI Express 2.0 x4 link (4 lanes) that adopts the 5GT/s signaling technology. This can result in significant savings in platform implementation cost while achieving the same performance level. Backward compatibility is retained as existing 2.5 GT/S adapters can plug into 5.0 GT/S slots and will run at the slower rate. Conversely, new PCIe 2.0 adapters running at 5.0 GT/S can plug into existing PCIe slots and run at the slower rate of 2.5 GT/S.
Q4: It sounds as if both speed grades are supported in the PCIe 2.0 specification?
A4: The PCIe Base 2.0 specification supports both 2.5GT/s and 5GT/s signaling rates, in order to retain backward compatibility with existing PCIe 1.0 and 1.1 systems. Aside from the faster bit rate, there are a number of improvements in this new specification that allow greater flexibility and reliability in designing PCIe links. For example, the interconnect can be dynamically managed for platform power and performance considerations through software controls. Another significant RAS feature is the inclusion of new controls to allow a PCIe link to continue to function even when some lanes become non-operational.
Q5: Then PCIe 2.0 must be backward compatible with PCIe 1.1 and 1.0?
A5: Yes. The PCIe Base 2.0 specification supports both the 2.5GT/s and 5GT/s signaling technologies. A device designed to the PCIe Base 2.0 specification may support 2.5GT/s, 5GT/s or both. However, a device designed to operate specifically at 5GT/s must also support 2.5GT/s signaling. The PCIe Base specification covers chip-to-chip topologies on the system board. For I/O extensibility across PCIe connectors, the Card Electromechanical (CEM) and ExpressModule™ specifications will also need to be updated, but this work will not impact mechanical compatibility of the slots, cards or modules. Currently, the PCI-SIG is defining the PCIe CEM 2.0 specification which has been released to members for review at v0.5. There are currently no plans to adapt the PCIe Mini CEM specification for the faster bit rate as the market need has not yet materialized.
Quelle
So, wie ich das verstehe, ist die Abwärtskompatibilität gegeben.
Ich bitte um eine Diskussion...