AGP is slow this the reason they keep increasing its speed,its not a CPU
problem that it can utilize the AGP bus,its the AGP so slow that they keep
increasing the memory on the gfx cards so to eliminate agp transfers during
aming.
"RipFlex" wrote in message
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The answer is NO.

There is no difference in performance between a 4x/8x AGP.
Ever since AGP slot went 4x it became overkill. Mainly because there's no
Video Card with enough horsepower and a CPU fast enough to FULLY utilize
the
transferrates an 8X AGP can offer. Which brings to my next point in PCI
Express. It's a good move to standardize 1 type of Slot for everything.
But I think a 10 Ghz machine and a ATI 12000 might utilize it's full
power.... it's fast in pushing data, and feeding power to cards.

4X AGP even fine for 9800XT and GF 5960.... it's laughable.

"We Live For The One We Die For The One" wrote in
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Ive got a Radeon 9600 Pro, which i beleive is 8X Agp, but my board is
4X, from what i read its not worth upgrading the board as the speed
increase is 5% at best, and even when i do it prob will have troubles
running at 8X anyway.

Any i right on any of these points ?

Ill think i wait for a PCI Express Card before i next upgrade, maybe
it will be ateast 25% faster than the last card, hopfully more.


Thanks.