Refering the story from yesterday,

Are Dell and Intel pushing for looser PCI Express specs?
FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS there have been rumours flying around the usual channels about ATI and PCI-Express compliance. Those rumours have been everything from the doomsayers with their 'ATI is fscked' statements to people saying it is nothing to worry about. After weeks of research and phone calls, I think I have found the truth, and it lies in the middle, with a ton of caveats. published by The Inq the boys at Elitebastard have written a mail to ATI´s Patti Mikula for a response. Read More

Patti says: The Inquirer appears to have based their article on the same (incorrect) information that is being circulated in the form of an anonymous "whitepaper". The document (and the Inquirer article) claims that a set of "eye diagrams" show that ATI's PCI Express cards do not meet the standards for electrical compliance. Because the circumstances of the testing are unknown, we will not comment on the actual test results except to say that they are not valid. And he said more, you can read it over here