PXI is PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation, Peripheral component interface bus
PCI-X is an extension to the original PCI slot. It uses a 64-bit data bus (most but not all PCI slots are 32-bit) and runs much faster than PCI (PCI runs at 33 or 66 MHz, PCI-X ranges from 66 MHz to 533 MHz). PCI cards can be used in a PCI-X slot, and most PCI-X cards will run in a PCI slot.PCI-E (PCI Express) is a totally different architecture. The connectors are similar, but PCI-E is a serialized bus, whereas PCI and PCI-X was parallelized. In PCI-E, there are fewer data paths but the paths run much faster. Think of it as the difference between a six lane highway with a speed limit of 35 MPH vs. a two lane highway with a speed limit of 75 MPH.
Yes, PCI and PCI-E components are incompatible.
Yes PCI express 2.1 is backwards compatible
PCI-e runs at 250MBps and PCI runs at 133MBps
PCI Express was created in 2004.
PCI Express 2.0 x16.
PCI , AGP and PCI Express
PCI-E 2.0 ha s a higher bandwidth meaning more data can travel faster between the card in the slot and the motherboard/CPU. Im not sure of the exact numbers of data transfer speed but I'm sure the speed improvement is significant
The PCI Express x16 is intended to ultimately replace the AGP bus along with the PCI-X and the Conventional PCI.
You cannot use a 2.0 pci express card in a pci express slot because the technology is newer. For example: It would be like putting a playstation 3 game into a playstation 2 console.
PCI-e, Most deffinatly. PCI-e 2.0 is the current technology and should be the one you are looking for.
pci express (PCIe)