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2007-10-29 03:42:08 · 5 answers · asked by The_One 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
and what it does
2007-10-29 03:47:22 · update #1
Your video card plugs into your motherboard. On the motherboard there there is a special slot for the video card to plug into. The type of slot determines the type of video card you can plug into it. The two most common types of slots are PCI EXPRESS and AGP. The AGP slot is older technology. There is an even older type of slot called PCI (no express).
2007-10-29 03:45:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
AGP refers to the actual "slot" that you put the card in. there are 2 and a half kinds of video cards:
integrated: these aren't even real video cards, they're just built into the computer and can't be removed.
AGP: the older standard of video cards "slots." Slower, but not that much; if you have an older computer, though, it might only accept an AGP card, and newer computers might not have this slot at all.
PCI Express: The newer standard of video cards. Faster, but only newer computers have a slot for PCI express.
It doesn't necessarily describe how "good" the card is; a good AGP card is faster than a bad PCI express card, and vice versa.
You can probably quickly check to see what slot your computer has by
1. Right click on the desktop
2. Go to "properties."
3. Click the settings tab
4. Click "advanced."
5. Click the adaptor tab.
6. It should say "AGP" or "PCI-E" or something somewhere in there.
2007-10-29 10:51:26 · answer #2 · answered by Mikezilla 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AGP, or Accelerated Graphic Port, is a standard set down way back during the Pentium3 era, it was specifically designed for graphic cards to replace the even olde PCI slots for graphic. there are 3 versions of AGP and the latest is AGP 3.0 or AGP 8x, which provides a bandwidth of approx 2GB/sec, slow compared to PCI-E x16
currently AGP is (still) going through the stage of phasing out, and is slowly replaced by PCI-E x16 or PCI Express (first appeared 4 yrs ago), which is reserved solely for graphic card, however there are still a wide range of AGP cards avaliable in the market, all thx to Intel who used old mobo that has AGP to take down the budget market last year, new GeForce8 and Radeon HD2000 AGP cards will soon be in the market
2007-10-29 12:13:32 · answer #3 · answered by Astria 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AGP stands for Accelerated Graphics Ports. It is a port or slot specially designed to hold a video card. It is wired on the system board so that the video information goes straight to the system's video display memory without having to go throught the processor, etc., making it as fast as possible.
Since its introduction, it's speed as been increased several times, giving you AGPx2, x4, x8, etc.
Today, the AGP port is being replaced on most newer boards with a PCI-e (e for express) card, which performs the same function, but with standard PCI type connectors.
2007-10-29 10:49:04 · answer #4 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AGP video cards are simply video cards that connect to the computers AGP port.
Most newer computers have a PCI-e port instead, and so AGP is slowly being phased out.
I have AGP myself, which sucks as most of the newer and upcoming video cards are PCI-e.. but you can still get AGP video cards of course.
2007-10-29 10:46:11 · answer #5 · answered by Phillip M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋