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220-801 · Question #159

Which of the following standards is an expansion card slot used only for graphics?

The correct answer is B. AGP. AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) was an expansion slot standard designed exclusively for dedicated graphics cards, unlike general-purpose slots.

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Question

Which of the following standards is an expansion card slot used only for graphics?

Options

  • APCIe
  • BAGP
  • CPCI
  • DminiPCI

How the community answered

(24 responses)
  • B
    96% (23)
  • C
    4% (1)

Why each option

AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) was an expansion slot standard designed exclusively for dedicated graphics cards, unlike general-purpose slots.

APCIe

PCIe (PCI Express) is a general-purpose high-speed serial expansion bus used for graphics cards, network adapters, SSDs, and many other devices - not exclusively graphics.

BAGPCorrect

AGP was introduced by Intel in 1996 as a dedicated, high-bandwidth slot specifically for graphics cards, separate from the shared PCI bus. Because it was a point-to-point channel directly between the GPU and the system chipset, it was not used for any other type of expansion card, making it the only slot standard in the list designed solely for graphics.

CPCI

PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) is a general-purpose parallel bus used for a wide variety of expansion cards including NICs, sound cards, and modems.

DminiPCI

miniPCI is a smaller form-factor version of PCI used inside laptops for various expansion purposes such as wireless cards, not exclusively for graphics.

Concept tested: AGP slot as graphics-only expansion standard

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/display/agp-support

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#AGP#expansion slots#graphics card#motherboard

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