alexanrs wrote:PCI-X is not something you had on consumer boards, it was server stuff. And any hardware aimed at servers/workstations will not only be produced in smaller numbers, but also aim clientes tryin to keep current servers working and the cost of replacing the server is much higher than that the cost of the converter/adapter.
^+1 It's a workstation part. New they were selling for $730.
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While technically a 32-bit card will work in a PCI-X slot it will also shift everything else on the bus to 32-bit mode.
It's kind of like mixing RAM. Everything works at the speed of the slowest part.
A workstation is basically a server grade machine with decent video and sound that is not used to serve anything.
They are used for apps that need a cubic butt-ton of RAM. (Things like creating 3D animation.)
A workstation with 128 Gb or more RAM was not unheard of ~10 years ago. Now some can take 1Tb of RAM.
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