What is an AGP slot? New technology? What fits in it? [agp slot] [video card]
Q: Just wondering what is an AGP slot. I know the ones I saw had a video card. Can someone enlighten me?
Re:isa= 8mhz
pci= 33mhz
agp 2x= 66 mhz
agp 4x=133mhz
thats all
Re:It also hase faster memory ccess, and 66MHz bus.
there are different versions:
1, 2, 4, pro.
4 is the one that goes now.
Re:Is there anything besides a vid card that will fit into an AGP slot? Do they make anything that does?
Re:It's better than the PCI and ISA slots, but only for video cards.
Re:AGP allows the video card direct access to main memory! Whereas the PCI and ISA solutions both share the bus on which they run! AGP allows the video card to bypass that particular bus. It also allows for greater bandwidth.
AGP still has not truly shown its' full potential and AGP4x is the latest iteration of the standard!
Edblor
Re:Thanks that helps alot!
Re:Advanced Graphics Port.
Been around for a couple years now.
Re:AGP is for a Vid card yes.
the slot is smaller then a PCI.and supposed to run better then ISA/PCI.
(and only an AGP vid card will work in it)incase you didn't know.
Shawn.
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