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An AGP slot is a post-PCI/pre-PCIx graphic card interface bus. It was a step up from the PCI video cards, but were phased out with the PCIx standard.
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Which type of computer component is supposed to be inserted into an agp slot?
A Graphics card - AGP stands for Accelerated Graphics Port
What are the examples of expansion slot?
PCI, PCI-e, AGP
What type of expansion card can have a retention mechansim at the bottom of the card to help stabalize it in the slot?
AGP Video card AGP retention mechanism = AGP Video expansion card
What is the purpose of AGP?
AGP (Advanced Graphics Port) Is a special card socket designed specifically for video cards. Video cards used to sit on the PCI bus with all the rest of your hardware. It was eventually decided that performance could be improved by putting video cards on their own specific bus. The AGP bus has special priority when the CPU is processing stuff, and usually runs at a much higher clockspeed than the PCI bus.
Which of the following expansion buses are most commonly used for video cards in modern computer system?
AGP PCI Express
The AGP slot and the PCI express X16 slot are both designed for network adapters?
No.. AGP is the Graphics Port and PCI Express is Multi-Purpose..
How do you get an agp slot?
Buy a motherboard with an AGP slot.
What is purpose of a agp slot?
It's a graphics card slot for the AGP graphics cards (the card with the ports you plug the monitor into), and like PCI and PCI-X, was superceded by PCI-Express around 2004. Hope this helps! SeanHolshouser
Will a 2x agp card work in a 4x agp slot?
Yes, AGP is completely backwards compatible.
An a agp slot is normally used for an what expansion card?
An AGP video card.
What is A small expansion slot about the size of a PCI express x1 slot?
AGP
Are ddr3 agp graphic card compatible with any motherboard with agp 8x slot?
Yes.
What expansion slot would be used to install a video capture card on a new PC?
I believe you can get PCI, PCI-X or AGP video capture cards. Each card would need the corresponding slot, such as an AGP card would require an AGP slot.
Is PCIex16 a faster slot or the latest AGP slot faster?
PCI express x16 is a faster slot
Can you upgrade your agp slot to pcie slot?
No. You will need to replace your motherboard to get PCI-E.
An agp slot is normally used for a?
video card
Can you add an AGP slot to a P5GL-TMX motherboard?
No.
