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AGP Texture Download Problem Revealed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hardware-is-hard dept.

EconolineCrush writes "The latest high-end graphics cards are capable of rendering games at 1600x1200 in 32-bit color at jaw-dropping frame rates, but that might be all they're good for. For all their gaming prowess, all of these cards have horrific AGP download speeds that realize only 1/100th of their theoretical peak. This article lays it all out, testing video cards from ATI, Matrox, and NVIDIA, and clearly illustrates just how bad the problem is. While these cards have no problems rendering images to your screen, you're out of luck if you want to capture those images with any kind of reasonable frame rate via the AGP bus."

6 of 265 comments (clear)

  1. It's been a few days since the last one by gazbo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So it tastes that much sweeter

    1. Re:It's been a few days since the last one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You mean your mothers vaginal puss?

  2. Surely not by gazbo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    2 in a row? Where is everyone.

  3. Blame this on... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The MPAA. They obvously don't want you recording video feeds!

  4. so what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I mean, really. Feh. Whaah. Big fucking deal.

  5. Has absolutely no meaning to me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    This is not even the least of my worries. In fact, it doesn't even show up on my radar of "concern".

    To sum it up:

    Who fucking cares ...