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Accelerated Graphics Port
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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.
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Year created | 1997; 27 years ago (1997) |
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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Superseded by | PCI Express (2004) |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 |
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