Nemo Posted January 4, 2008 Posted January 4, 2008 Looks like AGP is getting another chance as Sapphire has announced an AGP version of the HD 3850. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewr05 Posted January 4, 2008 Posted January 4, 2008 (edited) Hmmmm... Thats cool, n00b question, do video cards even max out AGP? (some newer ones I'm sure do), what about all this 1x-4x-16xPCI-E crap? I know a while back people were saying that 16x was overkill... Edited January 4, 2008 by Andrewr05 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted January 4, 2008 Posted January 4, 2008 agp main limit is that its goes though the cpu every few cycles, im sure the cap of the bus is sure close to being hit. 16x is over kill because the fact you can run the a card in 8x and keep the same fps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted January 4, 2008 Posted January 4, 2008 Andrew, PCI-e 1x is a new type of expansion slot, used such as PCI, same with PCI-e 4x (the shorter slot), but there are full-lenght PCI-e slots that only run 4x, such as the Intel 965P chipset for example It is funny though, why are they STILL giving AGP a chance? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewr05 Posted January 4, 2008 Posted January 4, 2008 Andrew, PCI-e 1x is a new type of expansion slot, used such as PCI, same with PCI-e 4x (the shorter slot), but there are full-lenght PCI-e slots that only run 4x, such as the Intel 965P chipset for example Hmmm, I just figured they were all the same size and just labeled or the ones closest to the CPU were 16x It is funny though, why are they STILL giving AGP a chance?Probably because they know people will by it, and if it gets good performance then why not? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchuwato Posted January 4, 2008 Posted January 4, 2008 Why won't they let AGP die with what little dignity it has left? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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