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Kevin Scheeringa
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Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:10 pm Post subject:
Difference between PCI Express & AGP |
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Hello All,
I was wondering what the performance difference between a AGP video card and
a PCI Express card is.
I see a lot more motherboards coming out with the PCI Express. Is this the
trend of the future? I'm trying to get a new home system for one of my
designers. We have a couple of Matrox Parhelia 128mb cards left over from
our old office systems, that i would like to use. These are a AGP card. I'm
finding it difficult to get a new quality motherboard with AGP. Any
information would be appreciated.
Our current office system is:
P4 3.2GHz, 800FBS on a AOpen AX4SG MaxII motherboard
2mb ram
XP Pro SP2
Nvivia Quadro FX500 Driver: 7.1.8.4 (solidworks recommended)
SW 2005 SP5
and
SW 2006 SP2
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Jeff N
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Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:10 pm Post subject:
Re: Difference between PCI Express & AGP |
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| Quote: | I was wondering what the performance difference between a AGP video card and
a PCI Express card is.
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I'm not sure of the difference for CAD software, but for games PCI-E is
noticable faster.
| Quote: | Is this the
trend of the future?
Yup. And I'm sure in a few more years there will be PCI-E x2. |
| Quote: | I'm trying to get a new home system for one of my
designers. We have a couple of Matrox Parhelia 128mb cards left over from
our old office systems, that i would like to use. These are a AGP card. I'm
finding it difficult to get a new quality motherboard with AGP. Any
information would be appreciated.
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You should still be able to find a mobo with an AGP slot. Check out
pricewatch.com |
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Kevin Scheeringa
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Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:10 pm Post subject:
Re: Difference between PCI Express & AGP |
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Thanks Jeff.
That gives me some info. I'll just have to look a little harder..
"Jeff N" <jbn_designs@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I was wondering what the performance difference between a AGP video card
and
a PCI Express card is.
I'm not sure of the difference for CAD software, but for games PCI-E is
noticable faster.
Is this the
trend of the future?
Yup. And I'm sure in a few more years there will be PCI-E x2.
I'm trying to get a new home system for one of my
designers. We have a couple of Matrox Parhelia 128mb cards left over from
our old office systems, that i would like to use. These are a AGP card.
I'm
finding it difficult to get a new quality motherboard with AGP. Any
information would be appreciated.
You should still be able to find a mobo with an AGP slot. Check out
pricewatch.com
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Wayne Tiffany
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Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:10 pm Post subject:
Re: Difference between PCI Express & AGP |
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http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_15195.html
This is a short video that shows the difference. Basically it shows that 8X
AGP allows the video processor to communicate with the system board one
direction (send/receive) at a time, and at a rate of up to 2.1 GB/sec. With
PCI Express, it can talk both directions at the same time, and at a rate of
up to 4 GB/sec for each direction. So, almost a 4:1 advantage?
WT
"Kevin Scheeringa" <K_Scheeringa@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Hello All,
I was wondering what the performance difference between a AGP video card
and a PCI Express card is.
I see a lot more motherboards coming out with the PCI Express. Is this the
trend of the future? I'm trying to get a new home system for one of my
designers. We have a couple of Matrox Parhelia 128mb cards left over from
our old office systems, that i would like to use. These are a AGP card.
I'm finding it difficult to get a new quality motherboard with AGP. Any
information would be appreciated.
Our current office system is:
P4 3.2GHz, 800FBS on a AOpen AX4SG MaxII motherboard
2mb ram
XP Pro SP2
Nvivia Quadro FX500 Driver: 7.1.8.4 (solidworks recommended)
SW 2005 SP5
and
SW 2006 SP2
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Jerry Steiger
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Tue Nov 22, 2005 1:10 am Post subject:
Re: Difference between PCI Express & AGP |
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"Kevin Scheeringa" <K_Scheeringa@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1Mlff.2853$KP5.383287@news20.bellglobal.com...
| Quote: | I'm trying to get a new home system for one of my
designers. We have a couple of Matrox Parhelia 128mb cards left over from
our old office systems, that i would like to use.
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I assume that the designer is going to be running SolidWorks. If so, I would
not use the Matrox Parhelia boards. According to the SolidWorks Graphics
Card test reports, they are supposed to work, at least with SW04 and 05, but
not many people in the news group have anything good to say about them.
Spend a few hundred bucks to get a low-end Nvidia Quadro or ATI FireGL.
Jerry Steiger
Tripod Data Systems
"take the garbage out, dear" |
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