[X4U] PCI or PCI-X Slots - which is better?

Nick Scalise nickscalise at mac.com
Fri Jun 10 10:26:25 PDT 2005


On Friday, June 10, 2005, at 11:08AM, coolcat at hostalive.com <coolcat at hostalive.com> wrote:

>The Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5 has 3 PCI slots but the Dual 2.3GHz PowerPC G5 has
>3 PCI-X Slots. 
>
>Q: 
>- Which type of slot is better?
>- Do the PCI-X Slots accept older PCI?

Only if they conform to later standards:

Power Mac G5: How to Identify 3.3 V and 5 V PCI Cards
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86513>


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Nick Scalise
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