Faster PCIe 8.0 slot: The future.

[denzjos]

I have PCIe 3 slots on my computer (I used CPUID CPU-Z to find the version). The PC works fine. New PCs may have PCIe 5 slots and in the near future PCIe 6 slots. Currently, one is developing a PCIe version 8: 

https://www.techpowerup.com/339643/pci-s...rives-2028

[rich2005]

Every time they bring out a "better" standard it costs upgrading hardware.

Back in the day, when I made DVD's (as a hobby ) I had this truly great video / capture card. One of these; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404110929956

New computer and that type of card slot vanished so I used a Hauppauge PCI card for a few years: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/365436493332?...=view_item

New mainboard and old style PCI slots went from three down to one. Not a lot of use if you also had a PCI sound card.

The same applies to memory - consign it to the junk box and also operating systems. I have a 2005 scanner, No good for Windows, the last working driver is for Windows XP.

[GibsontheIbsen]

Developing 8th gen, while they didn't implement 6 ?
I'm here sitting with PCIe 3.0 too, brother

[denzjos]

(08-06-2025, 11:06 AM)rich2005 Wrote: Every time they bring out a "better" standard it costs upgrading hardware.

Back in the day, when I made DVD's (as a hobby     ) I had this truly great video / capture card.  One of these; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404110929956  

New computer and that type of card slot vanished so I used a Hauppauge PCI card for a few years:  https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/365436493332?...=view_item

New mainboard and old style PCI slots went from three down to one.  Not a lot of use if you also had a PCI sound card.

The same applies to memory - consign it to the junk box and also operating systems. I have a 2005 scanner, No good for Windows, the last working driver is for Windows XP.

Since 1985, I've had a few computers: external drives, a Sound Blaster 16 card, software, software books, floppy disks, 1.44 disks, and my needle printed printed programs and also my needle printer, all of which ended up in the trash. Besides the PC I'm using now, I also have a very old laptop (Linux Bodhi) with all my music on it. It's connected to a Yamaha receiver (also old stuff) and works fine. Another thing: the company I used to work for gave me a free A0 plotter (pens included). They used it to plot on tracing paper and then to make blueprints. Drivers were no longer available. As Bob Dylan sings, "The Times They Are A-Changin'." Waste, waste, waste... This time I need to find a new computer, because my computer still runs Windows 10 and can't run Windows 11 (Core i7 7th generation). I don't want to throw this in the trash, so I'm going to install Linux on it. Waste, waste, waste...

[Ofnuts]

(08-06-2025, 11:06 AM)rich2005 Wrote: Every time they bring out a "better" standard it costs upgrading hardware.

Back in the day, when I made DVD's (as a hobby     ) I had this truly great video / capture card.  One of these; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404110929956  

New computer and that type of card slot vanished so I used a Hauppauge PCI card for a few years:  https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/365436493332?...=view_item

New mainboard and old style PCI slots went from three down to one.  Not a lot of use if you also had a PCI sound card.

The same applies to memory - consign it to the junk box and also operating systems. I have a 2005 scanner, No good for Windows, the last working driver is for Windows XP.

My ancient Epson V200(*) works very well with my Ubuntu 24.04

(*) Help manual copyright is 2007

[Tas_mania]

I think the reason PCIe slots are developing faster than other components is because AI uses GPU processing rather than CPUs. This shift away from CPUs has been going on for a long time. Since bitcoin mining and also higher-res graphics rendering.