Editing Accelerated Graphics Port (section)

{{Short description|Expansion bus standard}}
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{{Infobox Computer Hardware Bus
| name        = AGP
| fullname    = Accelerated Graphics Port [[File:Accelerated Graphics Port (logo).svg]]
| image       = File:AGP, PCI, CNR Sockets in PCChips M925LR Motherboard.jpg
| caption     = Universal AGP slot (brown, top), 2 [[conventional PCI|PCI]] 2.2 slots (white beige, middle), and [[communications and networking riser|CNR]] slot (brown, bottom)
| invent-date = {{Start date and age|1997}}
| invent-name = [[Intel]]
| replaces    = [[Conventional PCI|PCI]] for graphics
| super-name  = [[PCI Express]]
| super-date  = 2004
| width       = 32
| style       = p
| numdev      = One device per slot
| speed       = [[Half-duplex]]<br />Up to 2133&nbsp;[[Megabyte|MB]]/s
| website     = {{web archive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031002014501/http://www.intel.com/technology/agp/|title=intel.com/technology/agp}}
}}

'''Accelerated Graphics Port''' ('''AGP''') is a [[parallel communication|parallel]] [[expansion card]] standard, designed for attaching a [[video card]] to a [[computer]] system to assist in the acceleration of [[3D computer graphics]]. It was originally designed as a successor to [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]]-type connections for video cards. Since 2004, AGP was progressively phased out in favor of [[PCI Express]] (PCIe), which is [[serial communication|serial]], as opposed to parallel; by mid-2008, PCI Express cards dominated the market and only a few AGP models were available,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/AGP-Almost-at-the-End-of-the-Road-87316.shtml |title=AGP almost at the end, Softpedia |date=5 June 2008 |access-date=15 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023222525/http://news.softpedia.com/news/AGP-Almost-at-the-End-of-the-Road-87316.shtml |archive-date=23 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> with GPU manufacturers and add-in board partners eventually dropping support for the interface in favor of PCI Express.