Agp Pro

[majoreb]

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BET. AGP PRO AND AGP 4X?

[klosters64a]

I might be wrong about this, OK? I don't think any AGP Pro Vidcards exist.

[Silversinksam]

AGP Pro supports 4X AGP, and can deliver more voltage to the card than a standard AGP 4X slot

AGP Pro
AGP Pro, is primarily designed to deliver additional electrical power to the graphics add-in cards to meet the needs of advanced workstation graphics. AGP Pro will accept AGP 1.0 and 2.0 cards depending on the connector used on the motherboard.

AGP 2.0
Modes
1x (266Mbps) (8 bytes per two clock cycles)
2x (533Mbps) (8 bytes per clock cycle)
4x (1.07Gbps) (16 bytes per clock cycle)

AGP 3.0 (Draft)
Modes
1x (266Mbps) (8 bytes per two clock cycles)
2x (533Mbps) (8 bytes per clock cycle)
4x (1.07Gbps) (16 bytes per clock cycle)
8x (2.1Gbps) (32 bytes per clock cycle)

While AGP 3.0 spec uses existing AGP 2.0 and AGP Pro 1.5v connectors, this does not mean you can use an AGP 3.0 card on a AGP 2.0 motherboard, you cannot. What is does mean is that some AGP 3.0 motherboards will accept AGP 2.0 1.5v cards. It depends on the design of the motherboard. Some AGP 3.0 motherboards will support only AGP 3.0 and some will support both AGP 2.0 and AGP 3.0. Since this is still a draft spec any of the info on AGP 3.0 is subject to change.


Good link to learn more (http://www.agpforum.org/specs_specs.htm)

Link to pics of the difference (http://www.supermicro.com/TECHSUPPORT/FAQs/AGP_Pro.htm)

[Silversinksam]

Originally posted by klosters64a
I might be wrong about this, OK? I don't think any AGP Pro Vidcards exist.

Oxygen has a few AGP pro cards like the 3DLabs Oxygen GVX210 and Wildcat II 5110 or Intense3D Wildcat 4110



http://echo.kirenet.com/~exahertz/ebay/wildcat/wildcat_4110_headline.jpg