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PCI Express 7.0 Spec Hits Draft 0.3, 512GBps Connectivity on Track For 2025 Release (www.anandtech.com)

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Honest question coming from a point of consumer-thinking ignorance: With GPU makers putting out x8 cards on PCIe 4.0 and the heat issues with PCIe 5.0 SSDs, what practical nonenterprise uses are these speeds going to have?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

what practical nonenterprise uses are these speeds going to have?

None. These are very much enterprise-oriented updates. These extreme speeds are so difficult to achieve that it outweighs the simplification of scaling down the number of lanes. It's better to use a PCIe 5.0 x16 connection than PCIe 7.0 x4 in consumer hardware.