> I believe it is precisely the bus difference. True. > The big advantage of > AGP is that it offloaded graphics bus traffic from the CPU load, > while PCI graphics suck a lot of CPU time. Not true. The advantage of AGP is that it can run much faster than PCI... For example, an AGP1x slot runs at 66MHz instead of PCI's slower 33MHz (Unless you have an Apple with a 66MHz PCI slot...)
AGP also allows the card to capture some of the system memory as additional texture memory. AGP doesn't directly influence CPU load vs. PCI, just look at Voodoo-based cards. They come in PCI or AGP, but don't take advantage of the AGP memory specs. A computer using an AGP Voodoo will perform ~identically to a PCI Voodoo. Technically speaking, even the drivers can be interchangable. Apple will have to go out of their way to make QE incompatible with PCI video cards, which I doubt because it would cut support for ALL G3 machines... The first lowend G4 also (Yikes?) Terry -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
