Tip #2894 - AGP
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AGP
You may or may not
have heard of this term, but either way, AGP stands for Accelerated Graphics
Port. Now, you're probably wondering why I'm bringing it to your attention,
right? Well, basically the AGP helps the way your computer communicates
with your graphics card, in turn, enhancing both the look and the speed
of the graphics you work with on your computer.
The AGP feature even
goes beyond the creation of the graphical user interface (GUI)
in its own way, but both still work to give users the best graphical experience
possible. An AGP helps a lot with streaming video and 3D graphics. It
allows them to work more efficiently and has helped those aspects to move
up in the computing world.
Before the AGP, there
was only the PCI (peripheral component interconnect) bus. The PCI was
used to deliver the graphics card information to the CPU. Along those
lines, the AGP has pushed that method just a little bit further. The AGP
provides a more direct connection link between the graphics card and the
CPU, which makes everything more clear.
With an AGP, you no
longer have to wait extra time for your graphics to come across on your
computer. It's done in a much faster and efficient way now and it just
doesn't get any better than that!
~ Erin
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