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To: Michael Madden who wrote (10478)	2/3/1999 12:26:00 AM
From: Joe Pirate	Read Replies (1) of 16960

Intel developed AGP because "back then" ram prices were expensive and a 16 meg card was "sky-rocket" in price. Now we laugh at cards with 16 meg! AGP is over-rated, why transfer textures to and from main memory when the "bridge" is weak? It is more simplistic just to put all the texture ram on the card, especially now when RAM is dirt cheap.. Intel has a habit of introducing technology that will not be used for 1 or 2 years down the road. Remember MMX ? Everyone was buying MMX CPU's when it first came out PAYING a premium for it, but what they didn't know was.. "there isn't any optimized code ..YET.. to use MMX..." ha ha ha ha!!! About 1 - 2 years later, MMX code is now common in alot of software and MMX CPU's are all now standard and CHEAP! hee! AGP may die as ram drops in price, I will buy a Voodoo8 card (with 128 meg) 5 years from now <g> Pirate

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