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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (30739)	9/26/1999 11:12:00 PM
From: dumbmoney	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

History is on Intel's side. Remember how AGP was deemed unnecessary, yet another standard pushed by the 800 lb. gorilla on the poor industry? That was two years ago. I don't think anyone today is going to go back to PCI for their 3D graphics. Of course, it took a year and a half before AGP cards started to shine over PCI. I think people were really complaining about AGP texturing, because that's all Intel ever talked about. Anyway, AGP didn't add any cost (or very little), so it was fine and dandy to release it a bit early. Perhaps it will take another year and a half before RDRAM truly shines over the alternatives. The only difference now is that there are no doubt many more execution headaches with bringing up RDRAM compared to AGP. And that, I suppose, is what is turning many people away from RDRAM. Naw. Cost, and the fact that there's an evolutionary alternative. Why does Intel keep extending the ancient ATA interface? The market has a strong preference for evolution.