Maximum PC has posted up an article about the AGP transfer rate compared to the PCI transfer rate.
AGP promised more bandwidth for faster frame rates and more realistic games, but as CPUs hit gigahertz clock speeds and graphics processors serve up gigatexel fill rates, how much of this abundant data processing power is making its way across the AGP bus? No game or application currently available actually moves enough data to truly take advantage of AGP, making it difficult to understand why an accelerated graphics port is even necessary. We threw everything we could at the AGP bus, but found that even Quake III, the most graphically intense game available, barely moves enough data to make it lift a finger. So why does everyone keep saying that AGP is about to become more vital than ever?Read more
