... # AGP Basics **Who introduced Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) and when?** AGP was introduced by *Intel in 1996.* > **What was Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) based on?** > AGP was based on *PCI.* > > **What was Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) designed to do?** > AGP was designed to *speed up transfers to video cards.* > > **What were the versions of Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)?** > The versions of AGP include: > * AGP 1.0. > * AGP 2.0. > * AGP 3.0. > > > **What two things were different with each version of Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)?** > > The two things which were different with each version of AGP were: > > 1. The signaling voltage. > > 2. The peak speeds. > [!todo] > There's a table of the signaling voltages and peak speeds of each version of AGP. **What is the signalling voltage?** The signalling voltage is *the voltage level used to send data between the video card and the motherboard.* # AGP Multipliers ...