Accelerated Graphics Port
| Accelerated Graphics Port | |
Universal AGP slot (brown, top), 2 PCI 2.2 slots (white beige, middle), and CNR slot (brown, bottom) | |
| Year created | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Created by | Intel |
| Supersedes | PCI for graphics |
| Superseded by | PCI Express (2004) |
| Width in bits | 32 |
| No. of devices | One device per slot |
| Speed | Half-duplex Up to 2133 MB/s |
| Style | Parallel |
| Website | intel.com/technology/agp at the Wayback Machine (archived 2003-10-02) |
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) is a parallel expansion card standard, designed for attaching a video card to a computer system to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics. It was originally designed as a successor to PCI-type connections for video cards. Since 2004, AGP was progressively phased out in favor of PCI Express (PCIe), which is serial, as opposed to parallel; by mid-2008, PCI Express cards dominated the market and only a few AGP models were available,[1] with GPU manufacturers and add-in board partners eventually dropping support for the interface in favor of PCI Express.
- ^ "AGP almost at the end, Softpedia". 5 June 2008. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.