Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 21:18:39 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: Michael Porter <ocean@wavefront.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AGP Message-ID: <3454E90F.2BAE@barcode.co.il> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971027093339.897B-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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Julian Elischer wrote: > > what's AGP? Accelerated Graphics Port - Intel's new scheme to move graphics card off of the PCI bus into a dedicated local bus to the CPU. I think the 440LX is the first chipset to support it. Fish around Intel's site for details (sorry, don't have a URL). > > On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Michael Porter wrote: > > > I was just curious about how long it will take to impliment AGP into > > FreeBSD. I know it just came out, so I'm not expecting it soon. I'm > > thinking of upgrading to a dual PentII system, and I'm wondering if I > > should go for the AGP for future use, or, if will take more than say 8 > > months, it wouldn't be worth it. Right now I don't do anything really > > graphics-intensive (hell, I've still got a 14" monitor with 1 meg of > > vid. RAM) but it'd be nice to have the expanability. I'm pretty new to > > FreeBSD (about a year now) and I have no clue how long it will take to > > Imp this technology. > > Thanks, > > Michael Porter > > ocean@wavefront.com > > port0095@tc.umn.edu > > > > Nadav
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