11-10-2012, 11:33 AM
Accelereted Graphics port
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What is agp?
The Accelerated Graphics Port(also called Advanced Graphics Port)is a high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a graphic card to a computers motherboard primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3d computer graphic 3 dcomputer graphics PCI express
Requirements
AGP Video Card
AGP Chipset Motherboard
Operating System Support
Driver Support
What are graphic cards
Creating animation to simple tasks such as word processing ,e mail use graphics to create a more intuitive work enviroment for the User. the hardware to support these graphics is called GRAPHICS card
Versions
AGP 1x: maximum data rate of 266megabytes
AGP 2x : maximum data rate of 533megabytes
AGP 4x : maximum data rate of 1066megabytes
AGP 8x : maximum data rate of 2133megabytes
Agp pro Cards
They require more power and are often longer than standard AGP cards
employed in the fields of architecture, machining, engineering, simulations
The AGP Pro slot has a few extra pins which supply extra power to the graphics card.
conclusion
Traffic on the PCI bus is starting to become heavy on high-end PCs, with video, hard disk and peripheral data all competing for the same I/O bandwidth.
To combat the eventual saturation of the PCI bus with video information, a new interface has been pioneered by Intel, designed specifically for the video subsystem. It is called the Accelerated Graphics Port