AGP Comes To An End, But PCI Lives On...

[westy159]

GeForce 8500 GT PCI:

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=8982

So no AGP version of the Geforce 8 series but Sparkle have made one for the old PCI interface.

I might just get me one of those to see how well it runs


Oh and no need for a "AGP isnt dead yet!" debate, its just my title to emphasise this.

[Erik]

Interesting.

I actually think there is quite a large market for this:
People who own an old (office) PC that lacks a AGP/PCIe slot, and who want to convert it into a movie (DVD, DivX, etc) player.
The 8500 series is great for that, and AFAIK you don't need a fast interface to play movies.

What I'm wondering is:
How did they convert the PCIe inferface on the card to a PCI interface?
Did they develop a special chip for that, like nVidia did for PCEe/AGP in the past?

Also: PCI and AGP are very similar (AGP is basically just an over-clocked PCI interface), so does this mean they might also make an AGP version?