AGP question

[jp198780]

anybody know when the 1st AGP slot was made in a computer? 2000?

 

[Emperor_nero]

Google a geeks best friend.

1996: http://www.devhardware.com/c/a/Video-Cards/AGP-8X-A-Closer-Look/

 

[jp198780]

lol, i dont use Google, i use Yahoo lol..

hmm, i wonder why my Optiplex didnt come with a AGP slot?

my friends Ultra desktop has a AGP slot and it's probrably the same age, maybe a little bit older, but thats a AMD computer if that matters..

 

[Jet]

Just because they started using them in 1996 doesn't mean that any computer made after 1996 has one. Dell usually doesn't include a slot that they think that nobody is going to use. That's why your Optiplex doesn't have one.

 

[Geoff]

lol, i dont use Google, i use Yahoo lol..

hmm, i wonder why my Optiplex didnt come with a AGP slot?

my friends Ultra desktop has a AGP slot and it's probrably the same age, maybe a little bit older, but thats a AMD computer if that matters..

Just because they started using them in 1996 doesn't mean that any computer made after 1996 has one. Dell usually doesn't include a slot that they think that nobody is going to use. That's why your Optiplex doesn't have one.

True, or perhaps in their lower-end models. Even today some Dell's don't come with AGP or PCI-E slots, just PCI.

 

[jp198780]

my GX240 has a AGP, you probrably already know..