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Geoffrey 2004-08-09 07:36
Let's say I find a PCI Express board, put a BFGTech GeForce 6800 AGP card together with a matched pair of BFGTech GeForce 6800 PCI cards "Expressed together".
1 - Any reason it wouldn't work?
2 - Will two monitors on the PCI plus a single monitor on the AGP be as fast as you can get?
3 - Do we know if everything is available yet?
What will PCI-Express mean to the PC?
"One fairly exciting possibility for this upcoming technology is the potential for multiple graphics cards using the same high-speed connection. Currently it is possible to use more than one video card in a given system by combining an AGP card with a 32-bit PCI card. There is no apparent reason why the X16 spec could not be extended to include support for more than one slot, allowing multiple high-speed PCI-Express graphics cards... though at the moment, such a feature does not exist as far as we know."
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ECarlson 2004-08-09 12:59
PCI Express will replace AGP, so it doesn't seem likely that they will put AGP slots on a motherboard that has PCI Express slots.
- Eric, www.InvisibleRobot.com
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ECarlson 2004-08-10 11:19
Looks like there is a motherboard with both PCI Express and AGP, but unfortunately only one PCI Express-16 for video cards. It also has 2 PCI Express-1 slots, and 2 standard (old-style) PCI slots. I wonder how well all those slot types interact.
- Eric, www.InvisibleRobot.com
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Seahorse 2004-08-10 12:43
They will release hybrid boards to allow people to migrate gradually, just like they did with AGP. Whether you are lucky enough to get a twin PCI-X and an AGP remains to be seen, but 1 x PC-X & 1 x AGP will happily run 4 monitors I would expect...
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Rgds Mike
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