AGP you cant kill it

[candle_86]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/agp-radeon-overclocking,2395.html

its still alive, I dont understand shouldn't it be dead yet?

[Lfctony]

That 3850 looks pretty decent. Some people just don't have the funds required for the system overhaul that comes with a PCIe system.

[candle_86]

well for 90 bucks you can get a 9600GSO and a used board lol

[Lfctony]

You're talking about changing for the sake of changing... If you're actually upgrading, its a lot of money...

[Heinz68]

I think if there was no market for it, they would not produce it.

[abtomat74]

I think if there was no market for it, they would not produce it.

Yet somehow the Pontiac Aztek made it into production...

[kaptkarl]

Yet somehow the Pontiac Aztek made it into production...

No offense here, but what the hell does that have to do with the topic?

Pontiac marketing and researchers decided to build it not based on past sales and demand, but on POSSIBLE future sales and predictions. And they were wrong.

Vid card makers are still producing AGP cards because there are people still buying them and there is a proven, yet ever so shrinking, market for them.

No spam please, get back on topic.:D

AGP cards are still made and avail because there is still a market for them.....period.

Kapt

[ATOJAR]

AGP was badass back in the day ... Lets not forget that.

Maby you can say "PCI-E 2.0 you cant kill it" about PCI-E 2.0 in afew years time!

[abtomat74]

No offense here, but what the hell does that have to do with the topic?

Pontiac marketing and researchers decided to build it not based on past sales and demand, but on POSSIBLE future sales and predictions. And they were wrong.

Kapt

That WAS the point the reference. The AGP makers are "hoping" someone will buy the product, just as Pontiac did...people DID buy it, just not as many as they hoped.

[Heinz68]

@ abtomat74
Looks like you either didn't fully read the kaptkarl reply or you conveniently didn't include the point kaptkarl was making.
No offense here, but what the hell does that have to do with the topic?

Pontiac marketing and researchers decided to build it not based on past sales and demand, but on POSSIBLE future sales and predictions. And they were wrong.

Vid card makers are still producing AGP cards because there are people still buying them and there is a proven, yet ever so shrinking, market for them.

No spam please, get back on topic.:D

AGP cards are still made and avail because there is still a market for them.....period.

Kapt

[dirtyboy]

AGP was badass back in the day ... Lets not forget that.

Maby you can say "PCI-E 2.0 you cant kill it" about PCI-E 2.0 in afew years time!

I'm sure PCIe will be around a lot longer than AGP was. AGP was outdated because it was a messy work around instead of streamlined into the PCI bus like PCIe is.

[candle_86]

I'm sure PCIe will be around a lot longer than AGP was. AGP was outdated because it was a messy work around instead of streamlined into the PCI bus like PCIe is.

PCIe and PCI arnt shared at all, there totally diffrent in every way actully. AGP was dated when it came out but not messy. AGP worked on the same bus princible that PCI does. Meaning it can only send data one way at a time. PCIe is bi directional (i forget the tech terms) but its like SDR vs DDR 33mhz PCI vs 33mhz PCIe equals PCIe being twice as fast lol. PCI ports are leagacy today, and will go the way of ISA, it took ISA from 1993-2000 to vanish, but PCI will vanish also. PCIe though has alot of life left, it is bi directional so thats a big plus, its infinatly scalable thats a plus. PCIe will vanish when cheaper and faster interface comes out.

[bob saget]

Some AGP systems DOMINATE

[kaptkarl]

@ abtomat74
Looks like you either didn't fully read the kaptkarl reply or you conveniently didn't include the point kaptkarl was making.

Nice to see that someone takes the time to actually read a post and understand it's content.

The point I was trying to convey is that some manufacturers make products based off what their marketing dept says will sell.....hence possible FUTURE sales. The APG market is/was a past PROVEN success, and until it's not economically feasable to continue it will still be made available. Unless,of course, manufacturers try to force change in the market which happens from time to time.

Thanks Heinz68.

Kapt