| From: | Voytek Laniewski |
| Date: | 16 Aug 2000 at 02:23:36 |
| Subject: | Re: G3 & CGFX |
Hello Joseph
On 15-Aug-00, Joseph Fenton wrote:
> Bo Simmons wrote:
>>
>> What, damn, is the Mediator only at 33MHz? How fast are PC PCI busses?
>
> Current PC and Mac PCI busses can be clocked synchronously
> at up to 33MHz and asynchronously at up to 66MHz. All
> current PCI Host adapters (like Motorola's MPC107) support
> both modes. What Intel has over standard bus controllers
> is AGP... neither IBM nor Motorola yet offer AGP in a standard
> bus controller. They probably don't want to pay Intel's license
> fee for it. :^} They are instead heading the effort to improve
> PCI again. Maybe do double data rate at 66MHz.
Is there an URL that discusses pro's and con's of AGP vs improved/current
PCI?
Voytek