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Gig-O-Ram

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I was looking at some LGA775 boards on newegg, and I noticed some of them specifically state that no AGP slots exist on the board, but when I look at the pictures of the board, there is in fact what looks (to me) like an AGP slot. I'm confused... :eh?:

Take a look at some examples (not necessarily the ones I'm looking at) :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128287

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813152047

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127180

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131506

So, am I missing something? If these are not AGP slots, are they for something else? And if they are, why would they be said not to have any?
Also, on a few of these boards, what are the very short exp. slots to the right of the PCI slots for?
 
PCI Express x16 - 1

Next generation of multi-purpose pci slots. Faster than an AGP slot with pci-e vid cards being slightly cheaper to buy. Everything will be moved to PCI-E and PCI-E2 in the next few years.

JT
 
Thats not AGP its PCI-E. See how its longer. Those smaller ones are for cards made up to take less space i think because i have a modem that can fit in one.

EDIT:OMG POSTED ABOUT 1SEC BEFORE ME :bang head :p
 
ati said:
Thats not AGP its PCI-E. See how its longer. Those smaller ones are for cards made up to take less space i think because i have a modem that can fit in one.

EDIT:OMG POSTED ABOUT 1SEC BEFORE ME :bang head :p

And I was typing slow as to be quiet too! :p
I dont know if they are cheaper to produce or not but ive seen they can sometimes be $30 cheaper to buy. Probably because of the PCI-E to AGP bridge they need to put in.

JT
 
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