Types of graphic cards
Graphic cards overview
Graphic cards can be distinguished by slot on the mainboard in 3 types:
PCI
The PCI bus is the oldest slot. This slot exists in every PC. PCI cards are an important possibility for the upgrade of computers if they have only an onboard graphic solution and no AGP or PCI-Express slot.
AGP
Developed for for making the grade in 3D application at perfomance and data throughput. The AGP slot is clocking with a double clock rate as a PCI slot.
AGP1x (3.3V)
Input signal of the graphic card with 66 MHz by a maximum data rate of 266 MB.
AGP2x (3.3V)
Input signal of the graphic card with 66 MHz by using the ascending and downwarding signal flank with a maximum data rate of 533MB/s.
AGP4x (1.5V)
Input signal of the graphic card with 133 MHz by using the ascending and downwarding signal flank with a maximum data rate of 1066 MB/s.
AGP8x (1.5V)
AGP specification with double speed and a data rate more than 2GB/s.
All our AGP cards are only compatible with AGP8x mainboards. We cannot guarantee the downward compatibility to other AGP types.
PCI-Express
Thanks to the high data transfer rates the PCI-Express slot is suited as a succession bus of AGP especially for the graphics cards becoming faster and faster. PCI-Express cards are compatible downwards to PCI-Express 4x-, PCI-Express 8x (only for server)-, PCI-Express 12x (only for server)- snd PCI-Express16x mainboards. All our offered PCI-Express cards supports PCI-Express x16.
Graphic cards can be distinguished by slot on the mainboard in 3 types:
- > PCI
- > AGP
- > PCI-Express
PCI
The PCI bus is the oldest slot. This slot exists in every PC. PCI cards are an important possibility for the upgrade of computers if they have only an onboard graphic solution and no AGP or PCI-Express slot.
AGP
Developed for for making the grade in 3D application at perfomance and data throughput. The AGP slot is clocking with a double clock rate as a PCI slot.
AGP1x (3.3V)
Input signal of the graphic card with 66 MHz by a maximum data rate of 266 MB.
AGP2x (3.3V)
Input signal of the graphic card with 66 MHz by using the ascending and downwarding signal flank with a maximum data rate of 533MB/s.
AGP4x (1.5V)
Input signal of the graphic card with 133 MHz by using the ascending and downwarding signal flank with a maximum data rate of 1066 MB/s.
AGP8x (1.5V)
AGP specification with double speed and a data rate more than 2GB/s.
All our AGP cards are only compatible with AGP8x mainboards. We cannot guarantee the downward compatibility to other AGP types.
PCI-Express
Thanks to the high data transfer rates the PCI-Express slot is suited as a succession bus of AGP especially for the graphics cards becoming faster and faster. PCI-Express cards are compatible downwards to PCI-Express 4x-, PCI-Express 8x (only for server)-, PCI-Express 12x (only for server)- snd PCI-Express16x mainboards. All our offered PCI-Express cards supports PCI-Express x16.