| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 40234 | 2003-12-02 07:31:00 | PCI vs AGP Graphics | mejobloggs (264) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 196477 | 2003-12-02 07:31:00 | What is the speeds for PCI, and AGP 2x, 4x, 8x ? Also how does PCI - X compare as well? I saw that new G5 had some PCI-X slots. Thanks |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 196478 | 2003-12-02 07:38:00 | From memory, AGP x 1= PCI x 1 AGP x 2 = double the speed of PCI. AGP x 8 = 8 times the basic (66mHz?) PCI speed. PCI-X runs at 133 Mhz, twice that of PCI (similar to AGPx2?) as long as its a PCI-X card in a PCI-X slot. E&OE |
godfather (25) | ||
| 196479 | 2003-12-02 07:58:00 | Normal PCI is 33MHz, AGP is 66MHz. AGP 2/4x use double/quad data rate to increase the bandwidth, but still run at 66MHz. AGP also has the advantage easier access to main memory etc. PCI-X is better than AGP, and will eventually replace it. For [desktop] PC land it will probably show up first in AMD64 systems (BTW, ATI will be releasing an AMD64 chipset when PCI-X arrives). |
bmason (508) | ||
| 196480 | 2003-12-02 08:45:00 | so AGP 8x top of the line graphics cards, will be replaced by PCI-X graphics cards? Will that make AGP cheaper, or not make much difference? |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 196481 | 2003-12-02 20:23:00 | PCI-X graphics cards will replace AGP eventually and I expect that at some stage AGP will be completely dropped from motherboards because of it. While AGP is being phased out I would expect the prices to drop fairly fast until there is no AGP stock left to sell. It is very difficult to pinpoint when this will start happening as PCI-X (even though it is backed by the big boys in the industry) has yet to get a grip on the market. I am assuming the first boards with PCI-X may still have an AGP slot but once the videocard manufacturers realise PCI-X is here to stay it will not be long till AGP is dropped from boards completely (I am assuming maybe 1 to 2 years max). |
John Grieve (367) | ||
| 1 | |||||