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AGP4X vs. AGP8X

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'll-believe-it-when-I-see-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With upcoming chipsets such as the SiS648 claiming support for the latest AGP8X standard, we asked ourselves if there were any performance benefits. We took the SiS648 and Xabre 400 reference boards, modified them and compared the results." I can't even get 4x stable under XP, so I figure 8x is half as likely to let me play NWN :)

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  1. Re:AGP8X by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Funny
    2.18 gigabytes a second. Jesus - does anyone else see why this is wierd to me?

    The really weird part is that a few grams of wet meat at the back of your eye can actually process and perceive 2.18 gigabytes per second of information.

    Then within a few milliseconds, more meat analyzes it, distills it into high-level representations, calculates 3-D trajectories, then moves meat-based servos to aim and fire weapons. All for no other reason than it seems fun.

    Life is strange.