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About LinkBacksI know AGP is being phased out by PCI-E - but when will AGP actually go the way of ISA?
I know AGP is being phased out by PCI-E - but when will AGP actually go the way of ISA?
Not sure. By the way, Asus made a socket 478 mobo with PCI-E (the P4GD1) so your northwood can still be paired up with PCI-E gfx.Originally Posted by Toge
I still use ISA, I use ISA NICs on all my server boxes cos they're 50p from ebay
lolI still use ISA, I use ISA NICs on all my server boxes cos they're 50p from ebay
If you want the latest gfx cards, you must buy a pcie board. If you don't, then agp will be around for a few more years yet.
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PCI graphics cards are still being manufactured even though they were superceded by AGP many years ago - was it 6 years ago? This gives some sort of idea of how long AGP will be around.
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don't forget folks, that many of the new GPU's that are being released are only on PCI-E possibly due to power and bandwidth requirements so it is worth swapping over if you have the chance
¬don't forget folks, that many of the new GPU's that are being released are only on PCI-E possibly due to power and bandwidth requirements so it is worth swapping over if you have the chance
By the way, Asus made a socket 478 mobo with PCI-E (the P4GD1) so your northwood can still be paired up with PCI-E gfx.
Don't forget that PCI slots are still in most modern computers. AGP wasn't a complete replacement for PCI, whereas PCI Express is AGP's replacement.
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so are you advising me to get a PCI-E compatible mobo and get a PCI-E GFX card? I was planning on getting a 6600gt.
But it wasn't broken to begin with!FixedI was just making my point about why I don't think AGP will still be around in six years time.
"Well, there was your Uncle Tiberius who died wrapped in cabbage leaves but we assumed that was a freak accident."
PCI-E was supposed to replace both AGP and PCI thoughBut it wasn't broken to begin with!
won't graphics cards in the future be limited by my CPU?
Not when cpu's speed up!
Not around too often!
Yes, but what I said was still true... I was just making my point!PCI-E was supposed to replace both AGP and PCI though
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