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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: 38ruk on March 04, 2007, 12:11:29 AM

Title: AGP stays alive for DX10
Post by: 38ruk on March 04, 2007, 12:11:29 AM

Looks live nvidia will make a 8600 series AGP card , so much for AGP is dead 8)

http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37790

Title: AGP stays alive for DX10
Post by: LePaul on March 04, 2007, 01:48:32 AM

Ooooey

Title: AGP stays alive for DX10
Post by: Tigger29 on March 04, 2007, 10:08:03 AM

I understand the "incorporating the newest and greatest" technology into systems and all, but I still don't quite understand the push for PCIe.

AGP, even with the newest card on the market, still isn't used to its fullest potential.. I guess maybe I don't know enough about the PCIe architecture to fully understand...

Title: AGP stays alive for DX10
Post by: Skuzzy on March 04, 2007, 12:02:46 PM

PCIe is cheaper to implement for the motherboard manufacturer's.  Same reason SATA got its push.

Serial interfaces are always cheaper and easier to build than parallel interfaces.