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It's high time for modifications to the AGP spec. Why...?

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FishTankX

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Allright, 2 things I see wrong with the current AGP specs.

Insufficent power handling. It'd be nice not to have to deal with auxillary connectors.

2 might seem quite rediclous, but I think it's time the AGP slot got some reinforcment. Cooling sollutions are getting more and more insane. Who knows what effect these cards might have on the slots in the long term?
 
There are things that are inherent to the AGP protocol (Like AGP texturing, side band addressing, etc..) that make it superior to PCI-X just from a protocol standpoint.
 
Originally posted by: SocrPlyr
actually it doesn't matter... the next spec has already been picked... pci express x16

Josh
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You're right, but I still don't know if it'll be physically strong enough to keep an NV38 from bending it, or to keep it supplied with enough juice.
 
It doesn't need to support them separately. Sidebanding and all the special signals are now lumped together in the new 4th message space. Read the article. It's in there somewhere.
 
I just felt a burning need to comment in a thread full of golden, platinum, elite members and content contributors....

<ahem>

What they ^^^ said.

<bow>😀 😉

P-X
 
PCI-E is where it's at for sure. Add 50 AMP continuous current at 3.3V and we shouldn't need auxiliary power connectors. If they are needed later, they're gonna look like jumper cables! :Q

Cheers!
 
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