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Can I use a 64/128+ bit card in on an ISA/EISA/VLB/PCI bus?
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[From: Ralph Valentino (ralf@wpi.wpi.edu)]
In this case, the 64/128+ refers to the amount of data that can be
handled by the video processor in one clock cycle. This affects
the speed of operations on the video card, including transfers to
and from video RAM and to the RAMDAC which generates the video
signal.
This is completely independent of the width of the data bus which
runs from the main CPU to the video card. As a result, a 192 bit
video card can run on any of the buses available: ISA (16 bit),
EISA & VLB (32 bit) or PCI (currently implemented as 32 bit - future
64 bit).
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