Is there an AGP card worth buying?

prince · Joined: 11 Sep 2006 Posts: 4

I have a computer for last five years. It was a great computer at the time when it has been bought. Now I want to do some upgrades because it became a little slower. However, I have an AGP graphic card. Computer salesperson told me that it could be a problem. What graphic card expansion ports exist today? Are people still using AGP graphic cards? Is there an AGP card worth buying?

roarke · Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 6

AGP or Accelerated Graphic Port is card expansion port, which ruled the world of graphic cards for the last decade. Before that, it was Vesa Local Bus for a short period, and before that, PCI rules supremely. First AGP in personal computers come with Pentium 2 computers. It was AGP 2x. Lately, comes AGP 4x and AGP 8x. It was a first standard which aloud hardware acceleration, which had great implementation in computer games. However, few years ago, new standard comes on scene. Graphic card expansion slot that exist today is PCI express. That standard has a big advantage. PCI express card can use the computer memory along with its own memory. Today, you cannot buy any new motherboard with an AGP slot. AGP cards are only used for repair and upgrade for old computers. You can still found good AGP graphic card on the market.

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Is there an AGP card worth buying?

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