AGP vs. AGP PRO- Whats the difference?

[smaxted]

Whats the difference between an AGP card and an AGP pro card...?? Scotty Mac a.k.a smaxted

"Another day, another problem"

 

[cdogg]

Physical difference is the connector. An AGP Pro card will not work in just any AGP slot and requires a special slot extension (more pins).

AGP Pro isn't considered to be better or worse than AGP4x. It is roughly equivalent, but has the ability to use more power (up to 110 Watts vs 25 Watts). AGP Pro is a technology that has become irrelevent over the past 2 years and is slowly being phased out. With AGP8x right around the corner, there's no need to continue its design & implementation.

A good example is the Geforce2 Ultra vs. Geforce Pro. The Ultra and Pro perform quite similarly in many benchmarks...


check this link for a reference:

http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=25

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[smaxted]

so if I went to buy a video card, I would have to make sure that the video card is specifically AGP pro?? Scotty Mac a.k.a smaxted

"Another day, another problem"

 

[cdogg]

Well, not exactly. You first need to determine if your motherboard supports AGP Pro cards. If the AGP slot doesn't, then that won't be an option for you.

All the new GeForce4 MX and Ti cards are all in AGP4x or PCI. If you want to go with the latest & greatest, AGP4x is what you're going to be dealing with.

Have you already decided on an AGP Pro card?

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[DBSSP]

AGP Pro Slots can use a Straight AGP card..Although, there is a voltage difference. Check out this link for all the details.

http://www.motherboards.org/articlesd/tech-planations/920_1.html

The next link will give you an idea of what is ahead of us in the near future.

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,11087,00.asp

Does this help? Jay

"Jeezus-sqeezits Bob!"

 

[cdogg]

Yeah, "Everything Serial" has been an idea thrown around for some time now. Eventually, your memory and IDE interface will also be serial. The current IDE interface has restrictions - I've read that it cannot address more than 137GB on any single drive. RAM configurations are slowly creeping into high latencies which will eventually call for a serial interface soon.

Anyone have any comments/suggestions on this?
-- "Food for thought" --

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[DBSSP]

Yeah, who would've thought the thing you eat for breakfast would become a technological advancement! lol I know. It's a groaner, just had to throw it in there! Which works better with AMD, Wheaties or Captain Crunch? Jay

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