Video Cards: AGP vs PCI

[P T]

What are the advantages of using AGP vs PCI video cards?

If a mother board has an AGP slot, can you still use a PCI card?

Thanks
Pete

 

[David Maynard]

What are the advantages of using AGP vs PCI video cards?

The graphics engine can directly access system RAM through the AGP port.

 

[Conor]

What are the advantages of using AGP vs PCI video cards?

If a mother board has an AGP slot, can you still use a PCI card?

AGP has a larger bandwidth than PCI so you can shove more information
to the card in one go so its alot faster.

AGP runs at 66MHz, PCI runs at 33MHz.

AGP can allow a card to use system RAM as well as the cards onboard
RAM.

Yes you can use a PCI card. Not only that but with WinXP you can use
both AGP and PCI at the same time on two monitors.

 

[DaveW]

The AGP slot can handle modern video cards that are dozens of times faster
than the slow PCI slot.

 

[Spajky]

The graphics engine can directly access system RAM through the AGP port.

have to add this: transfer speed between chipset & video card for
textures /mostly in games & progs that use that/ are faster resulting
in higher FPS refreshing of scenes ... not much of difference in
practical "office" type of work doh ...