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PCI or AGP?
With the new kid on the block being PCI-express, is
AGP soon to be not found on motherboards and therefor is it unwise to invest in an AGP card? Is PCI the best choice still for 2D (most compatible)? AJ |
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AJ wrote:
With the new kid on the block being PCI-express, is AGP soon to be not found on motherboards and therefor is it unwise to invest in an AGP card? Is PCI the best choice still for 2D (most compatible)? PCI is also soon not to be found on motherboards for certain values of soon. Personally I'd like to have five minutes with a baseball bat and whatever marketing genius came up with the idea of a new PCI standard that's not backward-compatible with the old PCI standard. In fact one could argue that the whole PCI Express thing is fraud, since the new standard is not PCI in anything but name. AJ -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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"J. Clarke" wrote in message ... AJ wrote: With the new kid on the block being PCI-express, is AGP soon to be not found on motherboards and therefor is it unwise to invest in an AGP card? Is PCI the best choice still for 2D (most compatible)? PCI is also soon not to be found on motherboards for certain values of soon. Oh yeah, I forgot about that. But AGP is going away now whereas PCI has a few more years it seems since the transitionary motherboards have both PCIe and PCI slots, but no AGP slot. Personally I'd like to have five minutes with a baseball bat and whatever marketing genius came up with the idea of a new PCI standard that's not backward-compatible with the old PCI standard. I'm sure they evaluated the possibility, but decided it was better to move forward than hang on to the past for good reasons. :/ In fact one could argue that the whole PCI Express thing is fraud, since the new standard is not PCI in anything but name. Well it probably is still a valid technology acronym. What does it stand for? AJ |
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"J. Clarke" wrote in message
... PCI is also soon not to be found on motherboards for certain values of soon. The old style 33MHz/32 bit PCI slots should be supported for a year or so yet. Personally I'd like to have five minutes with a baseball bat and whatever marketing genius came up with the idea of a new PCI standard that's not backward-compatible with the old PCI standard. What the f**k are you talking about? For starters, PCI-E chipsets *are* backward compatible with the earlier PCI standards - that's why the current PCI-E motherboards have old style PCI slots on them. And secondly, the reason why it's called PCI something or other is because the standard was devised by the Peripheral Component Interconnect steering group. In fact one could argue that the whole PCI Express thing is fraud, ********, in a word. since the new standard is not PCI in anything but name. Of course it is. It was designed by the PCI steering group, just like the previous PCI standards. It has as much right to use the acronym as any of the others. -- Richard Hopkins Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom (replace .nospam with .com in reply address) The UK's leading technology reseller www.dabs.com Get the most out of your digital photos www.dabsxpose.com |
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"Richard Hopkins" wrote in message ... "J. Clarke" wrote in message ... PCI is also soon not to be found on motherboards for certain values of soon. The old style 33MHz/32 bit PCI slots should be supported for a year or so yet. I wonder how long the "old" motherboards will be available in the various channels. For what I do and will be doing in the foreseeable future, PCI and Northwoods are entirely adequate (overkill actually). Personally I'd like to have five minutes with a baseball bat and whatever marketing genius came up with the idea of a new PCI standard that's not backward-compatible with the old PCI standard. What the f**k are you talking about? For starters, PCI-E chipsets *are* backward compatible with the earlier PCI standards - that's why the current PCI-E motherboards have old style PCI slots on them. I'm almost sure he meant compatible as in "PCI card will work in a PCIe slot". AJ |
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AJ wrote:
"J. Clarke" wrote in message ... AJ wrote: With the new kid on the block being PCI-express, is AGP soon to be not found on motherboards and therefor is it unwise to invest in an AGP card? Is PCI the best choice still for 2D (most compatible)? PCI is also soon not to be found on motherboards for certain values of soon. Oh yeah, I forgot about that. But AGP is going away now whereas PCI has a few more years it seems since the transitionary motherboards have both PCIe and PCI slots, but no AGP slot. Personally I'd like to have five minutes with a baseball bat and whatever marketing genius came up with the idea of a new PCI standard that's not backward-compatible with the old PCI standard. I'm sure they evaluated the possibility, but decided it was better to move forward than hang on to the past for good reasons. :/ Yes, they did. If they were backward-compatible then people wouldn't have to buy new everything at once. There is a backward-compatible version of PCI with plenty of performance called "PCI-X" that predates PCI Express. If you read the fine print on Intel chipsets you'll find that they use PCI-X internally, not PCI Express. Note how the names can be easily confused. In fact one could argue that the whole PCI Express thing is fraud, since the new standard is not PCI in anything but name. Well it probably is still a valid technology acronym. What does it stand for? "Peripheral Component Interconnect". However it is not a general purpose acronym--if it was then one could argue that ISA, EISA, Microchannel, VMEBus, and all the rest are all "PCI". AJ -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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Richard Hopkins wrote:
"J. Clarke" wrote in message ... PCI is also soon not to be found on motherboards for certain values of soon. The old style 33MHz/32 bit PCI slots should be supported for a year or so yet. Personally I'd like to have five minutes with a baseball bat and whatever marketing genius came up with the idea of a new PCI standard that's not backward-compatible with the old PCI standard. What the f**k are you talking about? For starters, PCI-E chipsets *are* backward compatible with the earlier PCI standards - that's why the current PCI-E motherboards have old style PCI slots on them. When you get your first PCI-Express motherboard then try putting a PCI board in a PCI Express slot and tell me how it works out. And secondly, the reason why it's called PCI something or other is because the standard was devised by the Peripheral Component Interconnect steering group. AKA Intel and their myrmidons. In fact one could argue that the whole PCI Express thing is fraud, ********, in a word. I'll see your ******** and raise you nuts. since the new standard is not PCI in anything but name. Of course it is. It was designed by the PCI steering group, just like the previous PCI standards. It has as much right to use the acronym as any of the others. Uh huh. Basically a rubber stamp for Intel. -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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