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To: Time Traveler who wrote (32351)	5/3/1998 12:13:00 AM
From: Elmer	Respond to of 1572452

<Since AGP has direct access to memory and the host bus independent of PCI, how does this extra port get implemented on the very few spare pins of Socket-7? Or could this be done at all? > It's not a socket thing. It's a chipset thing. The AGP port (not a bus) attaches to the chipset in the same way that the PCI bus attaches. You don't need any socket7 pins to access a PCI graphics card do you? I wouldn't waste a lot of time listening to some of the other posters who obviously know nothing about these matters. Go directly to the Intel website and find out for yourself. developer.intel.com It shows how the architecture is layed out. Click on the diagram to enlargen it if you have trouble seeing it. For those who are confused, it should be apparent it is not a PCI to PCI bridge. EP