Mike wrote:
> Sure, but AGP is better than -no- AGP, and it does show that there are othe
> busses available on a PC, yes? (Which was my original point.)
Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com> wrote:
> NO! those busses cannot operate in parellel and they operate and the
> expense of each other.
Actually, in most recent PCs the PCI and AGP busses can and do operate
independently. Some server-class PCs have multiple independent PCI
busses, using the Intel 450 series chip sets. (Not to be confused
with systems that simply have a PCI-to-PCI bridge.)
The ISA bus doesn't operate independently, but it's only there for legacy
devices, and some of the latest PCs don't even have it.
> I'd add if you plug in a slow card the plug and
> pray hardware may configure to that slower card at the expense of faster
> ones around it.
Huh? A slow card may tie up the PCI bus longer during a transfer, but
when it is not using the bus, it doesn't affect the transfer rate of other
cards.
> All said and in the end, we have a troll.
We may all have differing opinions, but let's try to keep this at
the level of rational discourse.
Received on Mon Oct 25 1999 - 03:08:45 BST