From: James Simmons <jsimmons@edgeglobal.com>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 20:08:27 -0500 (EST)

Re: What about LibGGI 2.0 Beta 2?

> What about AGP ?? Now the graphics card can access system memory or??  I'am not
> shure how AGP card handle system memory. Is it like onboard memory? can the card
> use accelerated function on system memory ?
>

AGP is a extension to PCI to allow a higher bandwidth across the bus. The
idea behind PCI/APG is to map the memory of the PCI/AGP device to really
high memory in the system. So the memory on the card looks like its part
of the system's RAM.

James Simmons
Linux System Admin
EdgeNet Inc.
jsimmons@edgeglobal.com
http://www.edgeglobal.com/~jsimmons