Dual AGP slot motherboard...?

[AnyMal]

Does anyone know of dual AGP slot motherboards? If so, where might I find one? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[AndyHui]

No.

AGP is a port, not a bus, and therefore by definition only supports one device.

While there are AGP bridge chips to get 2 video processors to operate on a single board, ie Voodoo 5 or ATi Rage MAXX cards, no motherboards exist with 2 AGP slots.

 

[Jonathan Q Bishop]

No.

AGP is a port, not a bus, and therefore by definition only supports one device.

While there are AGP bridge chips to get 2 video processors to operate on a single board, ie Voodoo 5 or ATi Rage MAXX cards, no motherboards exist with 2 AGP slots.

i will have to call redactedbecause there is a 6 month period that entailed the sail od dual agp slot mobos, i know because a friend of mine purchased one



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[XavierMace]

You seriously resurrected a 15 year old thread to call bullshit?

 

[CraptacularOne]

You seriously resurrected a 15 year old thread to call bullshit?

I think the more pertinent question is where the hell was he looking that he found this relic? lol

 

[f2bnp]

lol, this is the best necro post I've ever seen!

 

[Ichinisan]

Maybe on a board with 2 CPU sockets and 2 banks of memory?

 

[CharonPDX]

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[dave_the_nerd]

i will have to call bull shit because there is a 6 month period that entailed the sail od dual agp slot mobos, i know because a friend of mine purchased one

Model number and pics or it didn't happen.

 

[XavierMace]

Only systems I recall seeing with multiple AGP was HP/Compaq Alpha's and the only reason I recall that is I worked with them at the time.

 

[Rifter]

Pics or it never happened.

 

[sdifox]

This says each ES80 block had two agp

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/QuickSpecs/11031_na/11031_na.html

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Odd. I don't have a statistical sample, but I get the impression that there are more recent threads or thread-resurrections that concern old hardware.

If I were right, why would that be so?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

This says each ES80 block had two agp

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/QuickSpecs/11031_na/11031_na.html

Those were basically clusters. Not really comparable.

 

[sdifox]

Those were basically clusters. Not really comparable.

Weel the minimum config is one drawer, I doubt there is two boards in there. Dual cpu dual agp board would be my guess.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Weel the minimum config is one drawer, I doubt there is two boards in there. Dual cpu dual agp board would be my guess.

If I'm reading the doc right, it's 1-4x 2-CPU nodes/drawers per chassis, each chassis includes 5 PCI-X and 1 AGP slot.

 

[sdifox]

If I'm reading the doc right, it's 1-4x 2-CPU nodes/drawers per chassis, each chassis includes 5 PCI-X and 1 AGP slot.

I read further down, it does look like dual cpu per board and one agp per board.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Odd. I don't have a statistical sample, but I get the impression that there are more recent threads or thread-resurrections that concern old hardware.

If I were right, why would that be so?

It's usually spammers of one kind or another, getting postcount++ before starting spam threads, or starting right off the bat with links to their website or youtube video.

This is an example, I'm not saying it refers to this thread's necromancer:
Say you make a series of youtube videos about the history of graphics cards. To promote the AGP chapter, you do a Google search for forum threads on AGP. You join the forums that still exist, and necro the threads with some comment that mentions your youtube video in passing.

 

[whm1974]

I did hear about a prototype dual AGP slot board at least ten years ago that was in development but was halted once PCIe arrived. Unfortunately I don't recall any details about it.

 

[DuronBurgerMan]

Necromancy Lvl 99 Unlocked.

 

[CharonPDX]

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[nathanddrews]

3Dfx used SLI over PCI only.
No one used multi-GPU with AGP (outside of a lab anyway)
NVIDIA reintroduced SLI over PCI-Express. AMD followed suit with CrossFire.

There were isolated instances of people using modified drivers and hardware hacks to force SLI between the NVIDIA 6000-series AGP and PCI-Express cards, but I think that's only because cards like the 6600GT were built from the ground up to be PCI-Express and the AGP models were identical other than the AGP bridge chip. Anyway, based upon links I can find today it all came out to be little more than a proof of concept at best, not something actually usable.

If you want the best single AGP graphics available, look for an ATI/AMD HD4670 or HD3850.