Wondering what makes the PCIe interface so special? Well, it ain't just the fatter pipe for your graphics data. The Hexus crew have put together an informative piece to satisfy any of your lingering PCIe curiosities.

" It also offers better power management, including native hot-plug support. And, although the physical interface is not backwards compatible, the driver architecture is. So PCI products can rapidly be moved over to PCI Express with little rewriting of software needed to make them work."