AGP

E216071

AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) is a high-speed point-to-point channel designed specifically for attaching a graphics card to a computer’s motherboard to improve 3D graphics performance.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
AGP canonical 4
Accelerated Graphics Port 2
AGP 3.0 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf computer bus ⓘ
expansion interface ⓘ
graphics interface standard ⓘ
abbreviationFor Accelerated Graphics Port ⓘ
linked to: AGP
allows direct access to system memory for textures ⓘ
backwardCompatibility later AGP slots often support earlier AGP cards within voltage limits ⓘ
busWidth 32-bit ⓘ
category computer hardware interface ⓘ
clockFrequency 66 MHz base clock ⓘ
commonUseEra late 1990s to mid-2000s ⓘ
connects graphics card ⓘ
motherboard ⓘ
dataTransferType high-speed point-to-point channel ⓘ
defines multiple transfer rates ⓘ
designedFor attaching a graphics card to a computer motherboard ⓘ
developedBy Intel ⓘ
linked to: Intel Corporation
fullName Accelerated Graphics Port ⓘ
linked to: AGP
introducedInYear 1997 ⓘ
keying different slot notches for different voltages ⓘ
maxTheoreticalBandwidth 1.07 GB/s at 4x ⓘ
2.1 GB/s at 8x ⓘ
266 MB/s at 1x ⓘ
533 MB/s at 2x ⓘ
notUsedFor general-purpose I/O devices ⓘ
operatingMode double data rate signaling for 2x and above ⓘ
primaryPurpose improve 3D graphics performance ⓘ
relatedStandard PCI ⓘ
PCI Express ⓘ
replacedInterface PCI for graphics acceleration ⓘ
signalVoltage 0.8 V for AGP 3.0/8x ⓘ
1.5 V for later implementations ⓘ
3.3 V for early implementations ⓘ
slotLocation near the CPU socket on the motherboard ⓘ
standardizedBy Intel AGP specification ⓘ
status largely obsolete in modern consumer PCs ⓘ
succeededBy PCI Express ⓘ
supports fast writes ⓘ
pipelined memory read and write operations ⓘ
sideband addressing ⓘ
transferRateMode 1x ⓘ
2x ⓘ
4x ⓘ
8x ⓘ
typicalFormFactor desktop PCs ⓘ
usedWith discrete graphics cards ⓘ
uses dedicated point-to-point bus to the chipset ⓘ
version AGP 1.0 ⓘ
AGP 2.0 ⓘ
AGP 3.0 ⓘ
linked to: AGP

AGP 3.5 ⓘ
linked to: AGP

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

PCI Express → replaces → AGP ⓘ
AGP → fullName → Accelerated Graphics Port ⓘ
linked to: AGP
AGP → abbreviationFor → Accelerated Graphics Port ⓘ
linked to: AGP
AGP → version → AGP 3.0 ⓘ
linked to: AGP
AGP → version → AGP 3.5 ⓘ
linked to: AGP
GPU → connectsVia → AGP ⓘ
ISA bus → succeededBy → AGP ⓘ