Anyone remember AGP?

[DigitalHermit]

Hey guys,

 

I posted this photo on this thread and it had me wondering... Anyone still remember the AGP slot and what did you put in it?

 

[AlwaysFSX]

AGP is for video cards.

[ShadowCaptain]

Hey guys,

 

I posted this photo on this thread and it had me wondering... Anyone still remember the AGP slot and what did you put in it?

 

 

 

yeah I remember AGP video cards

 

I have like 4 in box under my PC

[bbrooking18]

Yeah, there are a couple of AGP Graphics cards at work

[coen113]

i never used it, but i know what it looks like and what its used for

[Zeke]

I will not giggle at the words "what did you put in it?", I will not giggle at the words "what did you put in it?", I will not... damnit.

[DigitalHermit]

I meant the specific hardware...

[Dredgy]

Yea. I have a good half dozen mobos with AGP.

I remember reading a book about building PCs when I was building my first one from scratch (2008) and it recommended board with AGP (was a bit out of date). And I went to some pretty insane efforts to find an AGP board and card before I figured out it was obsolete.

[Zeke]

I have a PIV based PC with an AGP video card. 256mb Radeon with passive cooling and ghetto 40mm fan.

[flibberdipper]

Hell yeah! Got my VooDoo 3 3000 AGP (16MB of course) running in HELIOS right now, and I'm trying to get an ASUS P4V8X-X or P4P800SE so that I can use my old Pentium 4 and X1650 Pro (PowerColor Edition, 256MB GDDR2).

[Fulgrim]

I swear i've still got some of my old cards laying around somewhere. I think i've got 2 Voodoo cards, an MX-400 & 7600GT.

[Silent_R493]

PNY FX5200 256MB...Also Have a Gigabyte HD4650 1GB AGP.

 

Had these in my old P4 dell system many years ago.  I use them as coasters now.

[Aniallation]

I still use AGP in my HTPC, which is a Pentium 4 HT with a Radeon X1650

[Technous285]

Ahh, AGP. The best GPU I can lay my hands on in the house that's AGP is a 7600GT that gets juiced by a 4-pin Molex (since it's otherwise a 5V card set for a 3.3V slot). VGA/D-Sub, DVI & 7-pin S-Video output.

I remember the fun running that and my PCie 9400GT in an ASRock P4S8X (DDR1/DDR2 cross-gen, max 2GB of either as a pair of 1GB sticks) since that board could run a combo of AGP/PCI, PCi/PCIe or AGP/PCIe video cards (actually, maybe even all 3 at once, if you were crazy enough ).

[DigitalHermit]

Ahh, AGP. The best GPU I can lay my hands on in the house that's AGP is a 7600GT that gets juiced by a 4-pin Molex (since it's otherwise a 5V card set for a 3.3V slot). VGA/D-Sub, DVI & 7-pin S-Video output.

I remember the fun running that and my PCie 9400GT in an ASRock P4S8X (DDR1/DDR2 cross-gen, max 2GB of either as a pair of 1GB sticks) since that board could run a combo of AGP/PCI, PCi/PCIe or AGP/PCIe video cards (actually, maybe even all 3 at once, if you were crazy enough ).

 

Sounds like an interesting motherboard...

[A10-FTW]

I still use AGP in my HTPC, which is a Pentium 4 HT with a Radeon X1650

that it's a cool old card 

[TheProfosist]

Umm Yea I have a 5900 Ultra man!

[Avratz]

First AGP card I had was a 3dfx Voodoo 5 5500

 

The last was a Geforce 6800GT I believe.

[Aniallation]

that it's a cool old card 

Also have a Ti4200, an FX5200 and a Radeon 9000 laying around somewhere

[Technous285]

Sounds like an interesting motherboard...

Aye, t'is a memory-crossover P4 motherboard that was a little beauty for its time.

[DigitalHermit]

Aye, t'is a memory-crossover P4 motherboard that was a little beauty for its time.

 

If a cross-gen DDR1/2 + AGP/PCIE existed, hopefully we'll see a DDR3/4 cross-gen...

[Technous285]

If a cross-gen DDR1/2 + AGP/PCIE existed, hopefully we'll see a DDR3/4 cross-gen...

Sadly we wont, there's enough differences between DDR3 & DDR4 that to use one or the other it's an "All or Nothing" situation, since mobo manufacturers don't exactly like doing things that increase the complexity of their PCB's for little net gain nowadays for things such as cross-generation memory support. Besides, if they stick to an all-or-nothing when it comes to support for things like memory, they can get extra cash out of you for buying a new board along with that new RAM - it's common business practice, and good for their bank balances in the long run.

Keep in mind that the ASRock board I mentioned was during the hey-day of Pentium 4's and was basically a transition point into DDR2 before the Core 2 items really kicked off.

[DeViLzzz]

I totally remember AGP and I remember going on over and over again on the NCIX message boards I believe that I didn't need anything more than my GeForce4 MX 440 for the longest time. LOL


.. and then I got the Leadtek 6800NU and my mind was blown!  OMG Doom 3 looked awesome.


http://forums.ncixus.com/forums/topic.php?id=1125004

Many moons ago in NCIX forums discussing AGP cards and I see that I sold my Leadtek 6800NU I guess but I don't remember how much I got for it or why I sold it.  LOL

Ah the good old days before I was banned.

[Shin-Gouki]

Are you kidding? I remember dual PCI Voodoo 2's

 

Woops Accidental Necro.