AGP Video Card Blues

[blitz]

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AGP Compatibility: The Short Version

If an AGP card fits in an AGP expansion slot then they are compatible. But read the rest of this anyway. There are some rare exceptions where motherboard and video card manufacturers don't obey the rules.

AGP Compatibility: The Long Version

AGP Basics

In 1996, Intel introduced AGP 1.0. AGP was a modified version of PCI designed to speed up transfers to video cards. It was followed by AGP 2.0 in 1998 and AGP 3.0 in 2002. Each new version added new speeds and signaling voltages.



AGP Version[br]----------------
Signaling Voltage[br]------------------------
Peak Speeds[br]-----------------------------------------------------------


AGP 1.0
3.3 Volts
1X at 267MB/s, 2X at 533MB/s


AGP 2.0
1.5 Volts
1X at 267MB/s, 2X at 533MB/s, 4X at 1067MB/s


AGP 3.0
0.8 Volts
4X at 1067MB/s, 8X at 2133MB/s



Check out the reference site for the rest of the article, including AGP compatibility of mobos and video cards..

Reference Site @ Playtool

[cHoLoCoY]

good thing to know,.... but i never had prob.s install AGP cards in motherboard b4,......

and i aint f**ckin' wit AGP right now (or maybe any more),.....

PCI-E <------- datz wats now,.... dats wats next,...

[blitz]

i'm sure in due time, there will be a thread titled PCI-E Compatibility..

[cHoLoCoY]

prob-ly,.... but datz gonna be like few years from now,....

but u already hav ur basic PCI video card,..... and ur PCI-E

[blitz]

this thread is an offshot of AGP questions sa Buy&Sell -> http://forums.istorya.net/index.php?topic=41602.0

putting it here as handy reference..

[seekenneth]

PCIE is good, the cards are cheaper but the board is more expensive, nuts :P

[jrluzana]

Maybe so..... faster and advanced ang PCIe

but the price is way too expensive to be used para sa video card ..... (well.... depende sad sa mga well-off individuals)

pero for me its not that practical to use PCIe .... at least for now.

if you want value for your money then there's still a wide range of other alternatives out in the market.

peace..

[Visual C#]

No games out there are still able to really utilize PCIe to its fullest, for now, though my next upgrade path would be to an Athlon 64 Socket 939 system. Nforce4 would be good, however, but considering how I already have an AGP 8X 6600 GT graphics card (w/c cost me some money BTW), I'm finding the ULI chipset solution a really good option for folks like me. Any suggestions?

[twobol2002]

guys, pwede ba ni ilisan ang agp slot sa motherboard kung maguba?

[Visual C#]

Short answer: No.
Long answer: No.

If the AGP slot is busted, you'll have to get a new motherboard :P