Advanced Graphics Riser Explained

The Advanced Graphics Riser is a variation of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) used in some PCIe motherboards made by MSI to offer a limited backwards compatibility with AGP. It is, effectively, a modified PCIe slot allowing for performance comparable to an AGP 4x/8x slot,[1] but with limited support of AGP cards. The manufacturer has published a non-exhaustive compatibility list of cards and chipsets that work with the modified slot.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MSI K8N Neo3-F Motherboard Review - What's an AGR video slot? . 2008-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141110101536/http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1806&page=2 . 2014-11-10 . dead .