wtfbrando

AGP what

June 25, 2007 · 2 Comments

What is up with AGP video cards?  Back when I bought my computer, which is now hella old, I kept hearing that AGP was the next big thing for video cards.  Now AGP is like Betamax, fallen to the wayside as PCI-Express takes over.  CH gave me an old nVidia 6600GT graphics card and he assured me that it had a PCI interface, but when I opened it up I realized that it was in fact AGP.

I went to Best Buy to check out some standard computers and found out that none of them have AGP slots.  They all had PCI-Express.  So this free video card is basically worthless.  It’s about time for a new computer anyway.  I’m eyeing a Dell XPS.

Categories: gadgets

2 responses so far ↓

  • Groovymarlin // June 26, 2007 at 5:22 am

    Yo! I actually broke out of my lapt0p-buying mold and bought a new Dell Dimension E521 when I finished remodeling my home office. It was hella cheap and I’m really happy with it! I upgraded to the ATI video card and it runs WoW just great – not that I have much time for playing WoW lately, but whatever. :)

  • wtfbrando // July 4, 2007 at 9:42 pm

    Update – I bought a Dell E521!

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