It's the new architecture replacing PCI...called PCI Express. Has much more bandwidth, and most games won't see a vast increase in performance because most are still written to conform to the AGP architecture. In fact, games showed no increase in performance on an AGP 8X as opposed to a AGB4X. So it may be some time yet before we see anyone trying to push huge textures or video across the PCIe bus. They say that it would be good for anyone doing High Definition TV Post Production though...*ahem*.
But! It's the Next New Thing, so whether it will be of any use or not everyone's moving to it ^_^ -Gel -----Original Message----- From: James Smith I must have been out of the game too long. Why are all the high end graphics cards going back to PCI instead of AGP? -- Jay -----Original Message----- From: James Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 6:02 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: ATI 850 picture I must have been out of the game too long. Why are all the high end graphics cards going back to PCI instead of AGP? -- Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 22 November 2004 18:45 > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: ATI 850 picture > > Ah... > > It's a shame they had to go the Dual Slot route with these cards. I > really dislike having the graphics card take up two slots. > And makers of SLI motherboards will hopefully space the slots with > this in mind. > > Are these available in AGP editions, or will they be PCI Express only > cards? > Perhaps now the X800XT will see better availability and may drop in > price? :) I'm not ripping out my motherboard for a PCIe solution at > this point. > > -Gel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Well - there are finally some pics of the ATI 850 buzzing around, > here's one: > > http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19813 > > It looks like the ATI was unable to maintain a single slot design for > these - but: > > 1) They've added dual DVI (which was the main reason I bought a 6800 > Ultra) > 2) They're obviously venting that dual slot cooling out the backplane > - something the 6800 Ultra's inexplicably (at least the ones I've > seen) failed to do. > 3) I think that little yellow socket is for extra power, but it may > not be. If it is it's definately a smaller (three > pin) plug and requires one (not two full molex connectors like the > 6800 Ultra). > > All told with those (relatively minor) improvements I think I would > have definately gone with this card over the 6800 Ultra given equal > choice (and assuming that the 850 will even be available in AGP). > However just from the PCB I'm not lamenting the fact that I did go > with the 6800 Ultra - the card has been running beautifully for me. > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137588 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
