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Title: PCI or AGP?
Post by: midnight Target on April 14, 2003, 09:34:14 AM: Need some help here. I have a PCI graphics card to install in my new puter, but it has an available AGP slot. Is there a significant difference?
Title: Re: PCI or AGP?
Post by: Martlet on April 14, 2003, 09:34:48 AM: Quote
Originally posted by midnight Target
Need some help here. I have a PCI graphics card to install in my new puter, but it has an available AGP slot. Is there a significant difference?

yep
Title: PCI or AGP?
Post by: Rude on April 14, 2003, 09:43:16 AM: Buy the Radeon 9700 Pro 300 mhz card.

It's really that easy:)
Title: PCI or AGP?
Post by: midnight Target on April 14, 2003, 09:49:17 AM: Well, I'm actually wondering if I should just trade in this PCI board for it's AGP equivalent.. about $10 more. And why is it so different?
Title: PCI or AGP?
Post by: Maverick on April 14, 2003, 09:52:19 AM: AGP is designed specifically for graphics and is faster than a PCI card. Another thing to consider is that PCI graphics cards are getting rather scarce, a good indication that the alternative is a better deal.

I'd swap out the mobo for the AGP ASAP if it were mine. I think PCI graphics cards are rapidly becoming extinct.
Title: PCI or AGP?
Post by: Martlet on April 14, 2003, 09:56:13 AM: I'm confused, you have an AGP mobo and a PCI GC, or the other way around?
Title: PCI or AGP?
Post by: midnight Target on April 14, 2003, 09:59:22 AM: I have both AGP and PCI slots on my Mobo.

I have a PCI graphics card to install. But I can upgrade to AGP for about $10.
Title: PCI or AGP?
Post by: straffo on April 14, 2003, 10:01:13 AM: PCI : about 133MB/second
AGP : from 266MB/second to 1064MB/second ...

and main memory can be used to "increase" video card memory
Title: PCI or AGP?
Post by: Martlet on April 14, 2003, 10:04:31 AM: Quote
Originally posted by midnight Target
I have both AGP and PCI slots on my Mobo.

I have a PCI graphics card to install. But I can upgrade to AGP for about $10.

how do you upgrade your graphics card? They'll take a trade in, or you are buying a new one, and AGP is 10 bucks more than PCI?

Either way, I'd go with AGP.
Title: PCI or AGP?
Post by: Boroda on April 14, 2003, 10:19:22 AM: What's the model of the video card? AFAIK PCI boards are out of production for quite a long time, one of the latest were Nvidia Riva TNT. PCI version of TNT was more expencive. PCI version of Intel 740 was much more expencive then AGP.

PCI video card is agood thing to have in your "spare parts" box for testing and tuning. If it costs 10-20 bucks (a price for a PCI board here in Moscow at the computer bazaar) - better just buy a fast AGP video and keep the PCI card.
Title: PCI or AGP?
Post by: Eagler on April 14, 2003, 10:22:15 AM: agp has a bigger pipe

keep the pci and throw in an agp then hook up dual monitors
Title: PCI or AGP?
Post by: Boroda on April 14, 2003, 10:51:17 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Eagler
agp has a bigger pipe

keep the pci and throw in an agp then hook up dual monitors

The 98/2000 "multiple monitor" is useful only if you want to have more then 2 displays. It takes serious efforts to makeit work sometimes. Some boards simply don't work in dual configurations. Modern video-cards with dual output (not the old ones like ATI Rage with single DAC) are more comfortable, reliable and have additional features like DVD/DivX playback in full screen on second display using overlay.

Using multiple displays under Linux is a different story. Some guys in MSU managed to have up to 6 (IIRC) consoles on Linux machines, using AGP and 5 PCI cads with 5 additional kbds and mice on USB :)