PCI (not PCI X) card Mac - PC

[jih64]

HI all, just wondering if anyone knows if PCI(not PCI X) slots/cards are the same from Mac to Windows PC. I have an PCI audio card running in a Mac and want to use it in a Windows PC, If any other info required, I'll do my best to supply, I know about different voltages, 3.3 and 5, lets just say for now that isn't a problem. Thank you for any help you can give.

 

[Dom_79]

If you go to the card manufacturers site they should say whether or not that card is windows compatible.
If not, what is the exact make and model of the card?

 

[jih64]

Hi, thanks for your reply. Yeah I have done that, it just basically says Windows system requirements - bla bla, Mac System requirements bla bla. The Card is an M-Audio Delta 1010,
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Delta1010.html
you can get them in both PCI and PCI X, I have asked at their forums, but haven't got an answer as yet.

 

[Dom_79]

Hi, thanks for your reply. Yeah I have done that, it just basically says Windows system requirements - bla bla, Mac System requirements bla bla. The Card is an M-Audio Delta 1010,
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Delta1010.html
you can get them in both PCI and PCI X, I have asked at their forums, but haven't got an answer as yet.

You've got your answer right there. "...windows requirements...". It's compatible, PCI is the same slot whether the PC has Windows OS or Mac OS.

BTW (not to be a smart-a$$) but I think you mean PCIE not PCI X (you're meaning PCI Express right?)

 

[jih64]

Yes, that's what I thought, but I just wanted to be sure,

No, I mean PCI X, it's like a 64 bit version of PCI (roughly), completely different to PCI Express, here's a pic . . .

Thanks for your help, all the best.

 

[Dom_79]

Yes, that's what I thought, but I just wanted to be sure,

No, I mean PCI X, it's like a 64 bit version of PCI (roughly), completely different to PCI Express, here's a pic . . .

Thanks for your help, all the best.

Cool! I've never heard of PCI X before. Is that a Hackintosh type of thing?

 

[jih64]

Maybe that's where they are mostly seen, although the say they are around the Windows world mainly in Workstations and servers, so they say, here's a graphic of the cards

PCI X is supposedly backwards compatible with PCI, except you drop back to 32 bit,and drop PCI frequency back to standard PCI rate

 

[Dom_79]

That would definitely explain why I've never heard of those before. I've had old workstations, but nothing that could handle 64bit anything (heheh). Servers were off limits in any office I've ever worked in (even when I worked in the I.T. department!)

Thanks again for teaching me this. After all, they say "knowledge is power", muahahaha (just kidding, or am I 😉 )