AGP or PCI-e???
 

hello

i am planning on upgrading my comp but i can decide if i should go the pci route or stay agp

i plan on getting a amd64 chip and if i go pci i would go for a 6600gt or x700 pci video card

but the reason why i am thinking of pci-e is because i am guessing its going to be the mainstream thing in a year or so.

any help or suggestions?

thx

I personally, for now, would still go AGP...Still great performance, and a lot cheaper. :)

Yeah go PCI-E. There really isn't much of a difference right now but AGP is going to be phased out in favor of PCI-E. You'll be able to upgrade your video card after AGP is gone.

AGP will not be gone for a LONG time. Just think how long it has taken to get rid of PCI video cards, and I know you can still find one or two at fry's if you really wanted one.

You can still buy PCI cards at Wal-Mart & Circuit City.

If you are planning on a continuous upgrade cycle (new cpu, new video, new HD) every few months, might as well go pci-e now to save the headache later. If, however, you intend to let the computer configuration sit static for a while (8-10 months or more) stick with AGP for the reasons mentioned by JeremeyS.

it'll be phased out withen the next 5 years or so so....if you plan on upgrading the computer after 5 or so years it'll be more expensive (new mobo etc) or course you'll probably need to do that anyway considering how fast new technology comes.

Last time I knew, there were not any AMD motherboards with pci-e. Anyone know if this is still the case?

Funny, I was thinking the same thing.. I don't think it's been implemented yet. (Still!!!)

I think it should be implemented in the next 2 weeks actually when the new nforce chipsets come out..

Buying an AGP motherboard would not be a bad idea right now. Even the PCI-E cards out right now have AGP versions. The X700 and 6600 series are gonna have AGP counterparts as well. Another factor is the point that PCI-E currently has *no* advantage over AGP concerning videocards. Performance is 1% better at most.

If you want to wait for the AMD motherboards to come out with PCI-E, go ahead, but I'd personally still go for AGP since it's gonna be a damn long time before it's obsolete.

-Lasereth

thanks for the replys

for those who were wondering if there are any AMD pci-e boards i believe the nforce4 is coming out next week or the later half of this month

lasereth i heard about the agp version of 6600 but do you know when it is coming out? i hope soon but i have not heard any news about the AGP version.

Same here. Tom's and Anand all have the release date as "soon." I'll certainly be looking for a release date and will post one in my videocard buyer's guide ASAP!

-Lasereth

ok thx

i guess it would be more cheaper to go the agp route if i get the 6600 gt rather then a 6800gt lol

what price do you think the noforce 4 pci boards will be

at first super expensive..then falls with less demand..and then it rises again due to scarcity.
gotta love the price cycle for computer parts...

Go agp, agp will be in the market for a while and therefore there is no need to get a pci-e that is more expensive just for the "upgrade value"

yea i would go agp if the 6600gt ver comes out soon.........hopefully this year

i just need a good but main stream video card thats cheap and the 6600gt seems to fit that

PCI-E if your building a new comp and if you've already got AGP 8x, there is no need to upgrade yet because we still don't need all that bandwidth.

i don't have a 8x card and i do plan on upgrading to a basically new comp

PCI-E would be better .