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kpf

01/12/04 12:03 PM

#22846 RE: j3pflynn #22845

paul

Just curious, wouldn't Hypertransport be the superior solution to PCI-Express? (Theoretically, of course, i am well aware it would be a question of critical mass to make it marketable).


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sgolds

01/12/04 1:37 PM

#22856 RE: j3pflynn #22845

Paul, while it is quite feasible to make a mobo supporting both AGP and PCI-Xpress, making a translation connector would be quite a challenge. The bane of hardware engineering is connectors - whenever you bring a signal across a connector, you degrade the signal by adding trace length across a pressed fit, plus the uncertainty of environmental conditions (moisture, fingerprints, dust, etc.). Proposing an extra connector will send most hardware engineers screaming out of the room!

A video card plugged directly into an AGP connector can then be screwed to the chassis (via the backplane) and is a fairly stable connection. Once you add a PCI-X translation connector it is a problem to stabalize the board due to the added height.

Thus the video card vendors do not have to worry about people reusing AGP cards on their new PCI-X mobos!