"Danny Deger" <junk.deger@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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In general, the PCI vs AGP thing...

PCI 33mhz bus, AGP 66mhz bus, today we have 8x AGP or approx. 533mhz to
syncronize with the P4 bus ( which is of course now 800mhz -- 12x is
next? ). So what, the AGP 8x bus can theoretically move 16x as much info as
the 33mhz PCI bus? That can cut the time for many operations, and enhance
the ability of the video card to perform complex tasks in real-time. Great
for games...

"John David Carter" <char3091@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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AGP data transfers are also piplined making them more efficient, and it
doesn't have to share the bus with multiple devices.

12x next? No. Actually late this year or early 2004, PCI-Express will begin
being introduced as the new bus standard. It has better bandwidth than AGP,
and is scaleable for the future.

It also uses a much lower pin count, and therefore will change our ideas
about pc case design.

"JF" <j.iufore@comcast.net> wrote in message
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PCI-Express is cool...

Of course, it totally makes everything obsolete again...

Sigh...