2006-12-27 16:47:03 · 6 answers · asked by ElementCool 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Michael is correct ......
HOWEVER, this is a proprietary term ...NOT AN INDUSTRY STANDARD .... like IDE or PCI or AGP or ISA ..etc ....
All it means is that the board has BOTH SLOTS :
Quote :
" ECS catered to this problem at a pretty early stage, showcasing a 915-based prototype motherboard at Computex 2004 that featured an AGP slot in addition to the default x16 PCI Express one"
Review:
Cons: Bad layout. AGP Express is just a marketing sham for an AGP slot that connects to the PCI bus, which means that your AGP video card will run slower than ever. Using an unsupported video card caused lockups and instability. I'm never buying this junk again.
Source:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2004/10/27/elitegroup/index.html
regards,
Philip T
2006-12-27 17:30:49 · answer #1 · answered by Philip T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow...most of these people don't even do research before they resposnd. Here this should EXPLAIN what AGP EXPRESS is.
AGP Express
It is a technology found on ECS motherboards, and is used as a selling point for AGP card owners who want a new motherboard but do not want to be forced to buy a PCIe graphics card as well (most new motherboards do not provide AGP slots, only PCIe slots). An "AGP Express" slot is basically a PCI slot (with the electrical power of two) in the AGP form factor. While it offers backward compatibility with AGP cards, its disadvantages include incomplete support (some AGP cards do not work with AGP Express) and reduced performance - the card is forced to use the shared PCI bus at its lower bandwidth, rather than having exclusive use of the faster AGP.
2006-12-28 01:14:21 · answer #2 · answered by micheal 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably have a ECS motherboard. AGP Express is thier way of interfacing an AGP card to the PCI bus (NOT PCI Express) Everything that has been written about it is that it sucks, and runs cards slower that normal AGP, just buy a PCI Express card.
2006-12-28 00:49:22 · answer #3 · answered by Charlie Lima Oscar 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The people who responded are WRONG. For EXAMPLE check this this link to a motherboard you can purcahse at newegg.com. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135212 as you can see it HAS AGP Express and u can search at wikipedia and type in AGP and their it will ALSO show you AGP EXPRESS. The other two people above me are WRONG and don't know what their talking about
2006-12-28 01:00:47 · answer #4 · answered by CrazyGuy 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually it is PCI express not AGP express... and no ur AGP is not compatible with PCI slot...
2006-12-28 01:04:25 · answer #5 · answered by junooni81 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with the gentleman above me, you will have to get yourself a PCI-E graphics card for that motherboard
2006-12-28 00:56:01 · answer #6 · answered by darklordkain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋