AGP Standard May Fade Away in 2005

Sidney · 22nd April 2005, 14:26

There has been a lot of speculation as to when PCI Express (PCIe) will finally take over AGP for good. Even though there isn’t any performance difference between the two standards, PCIe is the standard of the future where game developers and GPU makers should be able to work on to bring in more realistic, and GPU intensive games with elevated bandwidth requirements to everyone’s personal setups. This is what we (as users) wanted, and this is where the industry is headed. Sooner or later AGP was bound to disappear, but how soon? We may have gotten a speculative and educated answer from an industry insider.

Article Link: http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.ph...k=view&id=1201

Sidney · 22nd April 2005, 14:46

It also will flood the used market with plenty of excellent AGP cards, a good sign for some enthusiasts.

On another note: DDR memory pricing has been falling drastically in recent weeks.

jmke · 22nd April 2005, 16:50

uhm.. with 6800GT/Ultra and X800XL / PRO/ 850XT available on AGP, I'd say AGP will not fade away for another 4-8 years

22nd April 2005, 14:26	#1
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	AGP Standard May Fade Away in 2005 There has been a lot of speculation as to when PCI Express (PCIe) will finally take over AGP for good. Even though there isn’t any performance difference between the two standards, PCIe is the standard of the future where game developers and GPU makers should be able to work on to bring in more realistic, and GPU intensive games with elevated bandwidth requirements to everyone’s personal setups. This is what we (as users) wanted, and this is where the industry is headed. Sooner or later AGP was bound to disappear, but how soon? We may have gotten a speculative and educated answer from an industry insider. Article Link: http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.ph...k=view&id=1201 __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

22nd April 2005, 14:46	#2
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	It also will flood the used market with plenty of excellent AGP cards, a good sign for some enthusiasts. On another note: DDR memory pricing has been falling drastically in recent weeks. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

22nd April 2005, 16:50	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	uhm.. with 6800GT/Ultra and X800XL / PRO/ 850XT available on AGP, I'd say AGP will not fade away for another 4-8 years __________________

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