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Yes, I know 10 minutes of google searching could figure this out but...
is PCI-e that much better than AGP 8x? Is it worth the cost of getting a new motherboard and video card simply to go to PCI-e, or should I wait around for the "next big thing?"
Right now I am running AGP 8x with a Radeon X800 Pro 256mb.  10/10/2005 10:53:07 PM
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if you are ready to upgrade to a better proc/mobo/vid card then yes....if not then stick with your X800 (which isn't really outdated yet) 10/10/2005 10:53:56 PM |
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Well I guess what I am asking is will I see that much of a performance boost? Does a comparable PCI express card to an X800 Pro AGP card simply perform better because it is on a PCI express interface or what? 10/10/2005 10:55:25 PM |
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if you get a x800pro PCI-e you won't 'notice' much. But by going to PCI-e it opens the door for a lot better options like SLI, 7800GTX...dual vid cards (not-SLI) without one of them being standard PCI... 10/10/2005 10:57:12 PM |
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eh, if you upgrade to pci express, you're replacing the motherboard a the very least and quite likely the processor and memory... which is a decent chunk of change. if you're going to put that many new parts in the computer, I'd wait a while untill the x800 agp 8x is actually more outdated and get a dual core system with the option of running SLI (though for most people that's not worth the cost.)
I mean, right now if you've got an athlon 3200+ or better and the x800... you really won't notice HUGE jump in performance unless you buy the very newest components anyways.
what processor do you have in your system now?
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Athlon 64 3400+ 10/10/2005 11:54:25 PM |
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completely not worth it.
wait another year and a half. 10/11/2005 1:49:05 AM |
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definitley not worth it. if you have an x800 series do not bother upgrading for a while. You will see no increase in performance when switching to PCI-e given the same hardware. Don't pay $500 more for the same performance. If you already have the hardware then stick with it. 10/11/2005 4:12:44 PM |
