AGP 8X inquiry, please respond

victorcao

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Hi all,

Could you please fill me in with AGP 8X? I read previous posts and understand the technical complications.

My inquiry relates to when it should come out, and whether if it will work as well with DDR RAM as RDRAM by the time of it's a relase. I'm a faithful AMD users, so any information of compatibility without complications would be reassuring.

Big thanks to Tom and his readers.

-Victor Cao

Tom's Hardware (tomshardware.com) is MY Sunday reading! Praise the Tom!
 

Crashman

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It should work as well with DDR as with RDRAM, provided the chipset manufacturer does a good job in design. It will probably be YEARS before it's effectively used by any cards. AGP4x has been around for over two years and is still barely even used. Maybe in 5 years it will be needed, it looks like at least another 2 years before AGP4x is fully implemented, given the past rate of developement.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?
 

victorcao

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Thanks crashman. Now I can buy a new videocard with ease.

-Victor

Tom's Hardware (tomshardware.com) is MY Sunday reading! Praise the Tom!
 

Crashman

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Your welcome, now go out and get yourself an AGP4x card that operates at only 2.1x or so (current cards), it's going to be a long wait for good 8x implementation.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?
 

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