Video Card Question

[jiro]

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ahh. so how could we efficiently use the speed of the PCIE bro?

err... Buy new PCI express card? like 8800gt and above? ^_^


Libug na man - To answer your question: Balik na lang ta sa water para mas claro.
From my understanding - here's why:

AGP - 8x

8x = small hole for the bottle

PCI-express

16x = bigger hole for the bottle
NOW - COVER HALF OF THE HOLE so that it's the same hole size that we have with COKE above.
Why? half of the hole is used to empty the bottle, the other half is for filling the bottle.
see below

PCI express only doubles the bandwidth - YES BUT!!! 8x downstream and 8x upstream.
AGP 8x is using all the bandwith - 8x. 1 direction only. If you want to put water in, simple flip the bottle and put water.

-- Mao man guro ni ang explanation. PCIe has a lot more bandwidth. It will be able to write data back to memory at the same time, something AGP doesn't do very well. PCIe has room to grow (16x). That's where the new PCIe come in - 8800gts and 9800gts, the new Geforce GTX 280 (ATI - HD3850 to HD4870) - Higher bandwidths. Plus the PCIexpress flexibility - Dual Video cards.

[poldopunk]

i think sayop inyong analogy,

AGP - is a single-lane, two-way road like kanang dalan nga 2-way pero ang sukod niya is for 1 car lang.

PCIe - multiple-lanes, multiple-way road, this is like a highway where cars are moving back and forth on their respective lanes.

[mejie]

first to ram then sa video card slot............ hmmm....... unsa may tnuod ani.

256 bit with 512mb and pcie x16 is great than 1gb to a 128 bit and agp.