Gaming PCs are still catching up with PCIe 6.0, but the PCI-SIG is already paving the way for PCIe 7.0 and 8.0, promising a jaw-dropping 1TB/s bidirectional bandwidth for a 16x slot. This dwarfs the 64GB/s max of PCIe 4.0, yet current gaming hardware, including the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, barely utilizes the speed of PCIe 5.0. While PCIe 8.0 is geared more toward AI and data centers, its spec won’t arrive until 2028, raising the question: how will we bridge the gap between such advanced technology and the actual gaming needs of consumers in the coming years?
What developments could we see in gaming optimization that might eventually require these next-gen interfaces?
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