X1950 Pro AGP at OcUK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[br83taylor]

Just thought i'd post to let people know that OcUk are now advertising X1950 pro for AGP, could be a cheap upgrade/performance boost for all those people folding on AGP systems.

 

[br83taylor]

imagine the X1950 Pro for either slot won't work properly as it only has 36 shaders instead of the 48 that FAH wants.

well the PCI-E x1900gt only has 36 shaders and that works, so i can't see that as an issue.

can't use the AGP socket for folding sadly, not enough bandwidth (afaik)

all reviews i have seen that compare AGP vs PCI-E show next to no benifit of all the increased bandwidth in games so i can't see that as a problem either.

 

[br83taylor]

I suspect the issue isn't so much the reduced bandwidth, as the nature of it. AGP is a half-duplex interface so data can only travel in one direction at the same time - a problem resolved in PCI-E. I imagine it's this capability which Folding takes advantage of, which would explain why it's so slow on AGP systems.

i don't think the slow 25 mins per frame for an AGP 1600 card is due to the AGP interface. current times show that its much more dependant on the card type, eg.

X1900XT PCI-E = 8 mins
X1900GT PCI-E = 12 mins
X1800XT PCI-E = 18 mins
1600 series AGP = 25 mins

to me the time for the 1600 looks about right just based on the card type and i'd exect a 1600 PCI-E to be about the same.