FPGA architecture

I didn't know that. The thing is that I need to transfer a lot of data (about 6.5Gbps) and the local Altera representative recommended to purchase PLDA's IP. They also sell the windows driver so I need that anyway. I assume that I won't achieve the same performance using only the Altera core? Do you know whether the core itself is similar to PLDA's core or is it completely different (inputs, clocks etc.)? Is there an application that I can use with Altera's core in order to stream data to a PC and test the PCIe throughput?