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AGP in PCI-E Mobo?

May 17, 2005 8:54AM PDT

I saw some product by Albatross that allowed AGP cards to be used on a PCI-E Port, I was wondering how it's performance was. I'm looking into a AGP card for my current system, but I'm reluctant because I know it might be useless in a couple of years with PCI-E as the standard.

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Re: AGP card in PCI-e port..
May 17, 2005 9:40AM PDT

Hi,

Could you please provide a link to enlighen me?
I have never known that an AGP video card can fit a PCI-E x-16 port.

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also i don't think it would work because...
May 17, 2005 10:27AM PDT

isn't AGP Parallel?
I know PCIE is Serial, but isn't AGP a Parallel bus?

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here is the link
May 17, 2005 10:47AM PDT
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AGP card in PCI-e slot
May 17, 2005 11:27AM PDT

Thanks for the link. Something new since yesterday. Will be interesting to follow and see how it works out.

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hmmm, i'd like to see
May 18, 2005 10:46AM PDT

my 6800GT fit in there
dual slot cooling solution
physically massive card

i'd like to see that fit in
it looks like only low profile cards will fit...

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(NT) (NT) Yep, the adapter may not fit some computers.
May 18, 2005 12:19PM PDT
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Gee, digging around, just found a motherboard
May 18, 2005 12:31PM PDT

that has an AGP and PCI-e slots.

According to article http://forums.techpowerup.com/archive/index.php/t-2074.html

''The PT880 Pro chipset is world s only chipset to feature a true AGP graphics controller in combination with PCI Express graphics, ensuring all graphics cards can reach their full performance potential. Furthermore, users can also benefit form VIA DualGFX technology by using both AGP and PCI Express graphics cards at the same time, providing enhanced multi-display support through the ability to connect up to 4 displays. Further information on the VIA PT880 Pro chipset may be found at: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/p4-series/pt880pro/

The VIA DualGFX technology (VIA PT894PRO):
http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/dual-gfx/

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that would be nice if it wasn't VIA
May 19, 2005 3:48PM PDT

the fact that it's VIA makes it undesireable for performance tweaking (VIA is horrible for overclocking and performance tweaking, as they are a value centered brand)

and thank you for providing the exact chipset that does this (i knew it was a VIA chip that did AGP/PCIE, but did not know which one it was (or which platform it was for (AMD or Intel) just that it existed)