Computer Technology 2010

[XIII Nobodies]

Some of you have probably heard that PC technology has quite a bit to offer throughout the next year. Here's a list of what's coming...

PCIE 3.0: That's right, video card bandwidth increase for some of those heavier games (Crysis). And with DirectX 11's new tessellation features and Windows 7's far superior stability over Vista, game developers are bound to make a push toward making some solid-looking games over the next couple years.

USB 3.0: It took long enough, but USB 3.0 is finally coming. And now with 10x the data transfer rates! While USB 2.0 only does 480Mb/s, 3.0 will make a leap all the way to 4.8Gb/s!

SATA 3.0: SATA speeds will be doubling up to 6Gb/s during next year, which means SATA II will be more mainstream. While this won't be significant for the average user, it will certainly save time for those who are often moving files between drives, and those who have RAID setups. So it's still a little something nice for some of the advanced users.

So looking at what's coming, many computer enthusiasts will more than likely be purchasing a new motherboard by the end of next year in order to get all these nifty little features. Especially those who enjoy playing some of the graphically heavier games, since PCIE 3.0 will offer more power to their gaming rigs.

Discuss. Or if there's anything I missed, please add.

[Trag]

This makes me so insanely pissed off that I don't have a job.

[Forever Atlas]

Yeah, the comp I'm putting together is costing me 9k because of all that goodness :/

[Suzuku]

Intel's Light Peak will kill USB 3.0. Apple helped bring it into this world, and they're planning to take it out as well.

[var1ables]

PCIE 3.0: wow, i was about to make a PCIE 2.0 setup and 3.0 is on the horizon. FML
USB 3.0: if they keep the same port i'll love it, if they don't, i'll be pissed.
SATA 3.0: YAY, now my RAID setups will be less likely to fail! Seriously, hard drive speeds, even in the high end performance, aren't really that big of a deal. IT's mostly CPU, GPU and RAM, unless you are some sort of weirdo who notices the .000000000000000000000000000001 second different in transfer rates.

Intel's Light Peak will kill USB 3.0. Apple helped bring it into this world, and they're planning to take it out as well.

How is intel's product helping apple taking out USB? Furthermore, as with all optical cables, it's probably going to be expensive as all hell to get your hands on. Look at optic sound, and optic internet, both have been around for about 20 years but neither really became popular till recently. Finally optical cable are kinda touchy, so it's going to take a while for it to be accepted by the mainstream.

Certainly there will be an update eventually, but i don't see it in the near future, especially since people just started learning how to use a USB port :)

PS;
Apple tried to take out USB with firewire, and that didn't work out all that well.

[XIII Nobodies]

Originally Posted by Suzuku

Intel's Light Peak will kill USB 3.0. Apple helped bring it into this world, and they're planning to take it out as well.

Wow, 10 Gb/s?! I can't I never heard about this.

For anyone else who wants to check it out.

As for the whole firewire thing, that's only because USB 2.0 was able to rival its speed, and it was backwards compatible with USB 1.1 devices. In this case though, Light Peak tops out USB 3.0 speeds by over twice as much. The only thing that might make people irritated is if they have to use something that's not compatible with their current USB 2.0 devices.

[Essence of Elegy]

Damn I may have to reconstruct my components list if I want some of that stuff for my new build.