On 11/28/05, Hans Kristian Rosbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I fully agree on the routing nightmare. > > The pins needed however I'm not so sure.. Since AGP is backwards > compatible with PCI, you should be able to reuse the same pins?
I don't think it's backwards compatible. I am aware that they share some of the same highlevel protocols, but the signalling is completely different at the analog level. Besides, you really never want to route a single pin to two such far-separated places. Reflections absolutely destroy your signal integrity. > > I might be wrong, but I have understood AGP to be PCI+extras, > so we need not use the extras. There MAY be some relationship between AGP 1x (which very few MB's support anymore) and PCI66. But there's also little point for only a 2x boost. If we're going to do it, we should probably do 2x at least. > > If for nothing else, since the AGP bus is separate from the PCI > bus you'd get a small performance boost from having it all to > yourself in the first place. Certainly. > In a regular PCI bus you have to fight for time alongside nics, > usb, sound and hdd. ++ > > Unfortunately i can't find any links on google that agree with me. > So, you specs experts: Can a PCI card work in an APG slot with a > little rerouting magic? > > -HK > > _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
