Which bus architecture is most often seen in today’s high-speed video adapters, with speeds topping 8 gigabytes per second and higher?
A) PCI
B) ISA
C) PCI Express
D) ISA Express
E) Greyhound
The answer: C) PCI Express
The PCI Express 2.0 specification is rated at 8 GB/s with 16 lanes, and up to 16 GB/s at x32!
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