Today's numpty question - PCI to PCIe?

[tonyvid]

I have an HP XW6000 workstation that has PCI slots...I also have a Matrox video editing card that is PCIe standard length. Is there some sort of adaptor available or shall the two never meet?

[Jinx]

I doubt there is such a thing. PCI is Parallel and PCIe is Serial and from wiki: "Radical differences in electrical signaling and bus protocol require the use of a different mechanical form factor and expansion connectors" .

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

Jinx said:

I doubt there is such a thing.

Google says you're wrong.
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&amp...

How well it works is another matter though...

[Jinx]

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Jinx said:

I doubt there is such a thing.

Google says you're wrong.
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&amp...

How well it works is another matter though...

That ones for a PCI card to be used in a PCIe socket (as in title of thread) but the question asks for a Matrox PCIe graphics card to be fitted into a PCI slot. So I'll be half wrong then.

Edited by Jinx on Friday 19th February 13:30

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

Jinx said:

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Jinx said:

I doubt there is such a thing.

Google says you're wrong.
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&amp...

How well it works is another matter though...

That ones for a PCI card to be used in a PCIe socket (as in title of thread) but the question asks for a Matrox PCIe graphics card to be fitted into a PCI slot. So I'll be half wrong then.

Edited by Jinx on Friday 19th February 13:30

Ah yes We'll go 50/50 on that one then

So this then... http://www.amfeltec.com/products/pci-to-pci-expres...

[tonyvid]

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Jinx said:

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Jinx said:

I doubt there is such a thing.

Google says you're wrong.
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&amp...

How well it works is another matter though...

That ones for a PCI card to be used in a PCIe socket (as in title of thread) but the question asks for a Matrox PCIe graphics card to be fitted into a PCI slot. So I'll be half wrong then.

Ah yes We'll go 50/50 on that one then

So this then... http://www.amfeltec.com/products/pci-to-pci-expres...

Ahh ha! Why is one 10x more than the other way round?

Just to confirm, it is a PCIe card to fit a PCI slot in the desktop.

[Neil H]

tonyvid said:

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Jinx said:

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Jinx said:

I doubt there is such a thing.

Google says you're wrong.
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&amp...

How well it works is another matter though...

That ones for a PCI card to be used in a PCIe socket (as in title of thread) but the question asks for a Matrox PCIe graphics card to be fitted into a PCI slot. So I'll be half wrong then.

Ah yes We'll go 50/50 on that one then

So this then... http://www.amfeltec.com/products/pci-to-pci-expres...

Ahh ha! Why is one 10x more than the other way round?

Just to confirm, it is a PCIe card to fit a PCI slot in the desktop.

I imagine because PCIe is a newer interface, so a PCIe device being fitted into a PCI slot will require more fuddling (forgive me for being overly technical here) than plugging an old device into a new slot.

[arcturus]

Looking at the picture, it looks like it only takes x1 PCIe cards (size of the socket gives it away) . A video card will be a x16 device requiring a bigger socket.

[Road2Ruin]

Why not just a buy a PCI graphics card, they can be had for about £30-40, probably cheaper than an adapter and will work better.

[tonyvid]

arcturus said:

Looking at the picture, it looks like it only takes x1 PCIe cards (size of the socket gives it away) . A video card will be a x16 device requiring a bigger socket.

It is a x1 standard card - http://www.matrox.com/video/media/pdf/products/rtx...

Road2Ruin said:

Why not just a buy a PCI graphics card, they can be had for about £30-40, probably cheaper than an adapter and will work better.

The Matrox card is a video editing hardware card, not a graphics card.




The reason I am trying to do this is I have a RT.X2 SD card spare and a XW6000 dual Xeon Workstation spare - seems a shame to not be able to introduce them!

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

Problem is knowing Matrox, it'll detect that something's very slightly different and go off into a French sulk and not work....

[tonyvid]

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Problem is knowing Matrox, it'll detect that something's very slightly different and go off into a French sulk and not work....

With that and working for a part French company, I don't stand a chance!!

[The_Jackal]

Surely, even if you bodge the card into a PCI slot, it's capabilities will be strangled by the PCI architecture?