Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 14:17:06 -0300 (ADT) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@whistle.com> Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3D board for XFree86 GLX - Please recommend Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908021416160.401-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <199908021658.JAA97273@whistle.com>
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On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Doug Ambrisko wrote:
> Doug Rabson writes:
> | On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, Marc van Woerkom wrote:
> | > Possible. AGP bandwith is 2x or 4x of PCI.
> | AGP is 2x or 4x 32bit PCI at 33Mhz. 64bit PCI at 66Mhz matches AGP speeds
> | without reinventing the wheel...
>
> Yep, I hate AGP ... my guess is Intel had trouble making a real PCI slot
> work like it is supposed to so they invented AGP so they only had to
> make one separate PCI slot work.
I like the AGP...I still have the same number of slots on my motherboard
that I ever had, but one less used up since they add'd the AGP. If they
had taken away a slot to give me AGP, then, ya, I'd have to agree, but now
instead of 7 slots, I have 8 *shrug*
Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
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