From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat May 16 08:45:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA29470 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sat, 16 May 1998 08:45:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zephyr.cybercom.net (zephyr.cybercom.net [209.21.146.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA29459 for ; Sat, 16 May 1998 08:44:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ksmm@threespace.com) Received: from atlanta (mfd-dial1-17.cybercom.net [209.21.137.17]) by zephyr.cybercom.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA21747 for ; Sat, 16 May 1998 11:44:59 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199805161544.LAA21747@zephyr.cybercom.net> X-Sender: ksmm@cybercom.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 11:41:23 -0400 To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG From: The Classiest Man Alive Subject: Re: graphics card recommendations... In-Reply-To: <355DA3A6.C05D7652@we.lc.ehu.es> References: <8172.895311106@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 10:33 AM 5/16/98 , Jose M. Alcaide wrote: >OTOH, I'm not sure if AGP has clear advantages over PCI. I suppose >that AGP should improve the speed of transfers between the CPU and >the adapter's video RAM... I think the beneficiaries of AGP will really be gamers, particularly those using 3-D accelerators. That faster bus between the card and the RAM can be used to move textures fast enough that main memory can be used to store them. Of course, this may ultimately prove to be a moot point, since manufacturers are now making cards with 8 and 12 MB of dedicated texture RAM, more than any forseeable games will use. K.S. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message