Graphics Card Question
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PCI Express vs. AGP8X Pros and Cons? Opinions? Sites that compare and contrast? TIA Better to live one day as a lion than a hundred years as a sheep.
Mike [[]]:
Mike Mullikin wrote:
PCI Express vs. AGP8X
PCI-e, absolutely! Why? Many reasons: bandwidth, upgrade capacity, performance, etc, etc, etc…
Mike Mullikin wrote:
Sites that compare and contrast?
Check this out: http://www.tcmagazine.info/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=127
Mike Mullikin wrote:
Opinions?
Well, my last card (before the one I have) was an old S3 (:((), so I can’t tell you much (by experience) about the AGP cards. But now I have a 7800GTX and believe it: it is worth the price! I play games like F.E.A.R. HL2, Far Cry, Doom 3, Quake 4, and many more, with the specs at the max with no prob!!! Peace [[]] hint_54
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PCI Express vs. AGP8X Pros and Cons? Opinions? Sites that compare and contrast? TIA Better to live one day as a lion than a hundred years as a sheep.
PCIe, AGP is a dead interface, new cards are now PCIe only. If you're building a lowend system that you're sure will never be upgraded it doesn't matter much, but for anything where gfx performance does matter if you go with agp now, you'll need a mobo upgrade if you need to upgrade your gfx card as well. There're a handful of boards that support both interfaces but they all did it by kluging an emulation of one of them, with inherently pitiful performance as a result.
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PCI Express vs. AGP8X Pros and Cons? Opinions? Sites that compare and contrast? TIA Better to live one day as a lion than a hundred years as a sheep.
If you plan to use old mobo, then AGP, else SLI, if you are hardcore gamer or graphics desginer or an enthusiast. Check Toms Hardware and Anand Tech for comparisons. Farhan Noor Qureshi if (this == this) thow this;