mazmac24 Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Which is better to have on a motherboard? AGP or PCI EXPRESS. Beacuse my old motherboard and cpu died and I'm getting a new combo. I have a pci express graphics card 64mb ati radeon and a 128mb regular pci ati radeon. I dont know if i should just go for the agp motherboard. I could just get an agp graphics card if necessary... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 PCI Express -> AGP -> PCI If your buying new kit get a PCI Express system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazmac24 Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 ok thanks what about those mini pci express. are they any good? I haven't seen any actual cards for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 That's for laptops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazmac24 Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 That's for laptops. No, as you can see, right in between the pci slots, the mini pcis express prots. I'm not sure of the exact name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 No, thoughs smaller PCIe slots are PCI-Express x1 slots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazmac24 Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 well, yeah that's what i meant. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dankiswess Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 The only reason I'd go pciX right now is that I don't think they are making as many AGP cards anymore, if at all, so it would be better to just get up to the date for the moment and just idle there for a while. We never really did tax the AGP 8x pipelines before pciX came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbjazzman Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 I've got a pci express 16 graphics card and I'm quite happy with it. I'm only using it, however, because when I built my new system the motherboard I settled on didn't have an AGP slot. I'm quite happy with my current card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ABC Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 none .. onboard graphics .. yes i need money to get a new pc, anyone want to donate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevronX Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 At the moment, PCI Express doesnt really give any extra performance then AGP, but id go PCI-Express, most companies dont make AGP anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 The reason I went with AGP when I replaced my MoBo and CPU was because I still had an AGP card that was working just fine for me. I'm no gamer, so I don't need that extra performance PCIe is supposed to bring, and going this route let me save a few bucks. Oh and Wess, don't confuse PCIe with PCI-X. They're wildly different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtterFox Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 You realy want to get PCI express because they make just about no new cards for AGP.[/b] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoR_Wraith Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I have an AGP slot and was going to build a new PC with PCI-E when Vista & DirectX 10 etc comes out, however recent news suggests that PCI-E may soon be obsolete as PCI-E 2.0 looms on the horizon: http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=na...2dexpress+2%2e0 I know there's always something new coming up, but some of they articles say it may be released by the end of the year, meaning PCI-E 2.0 graphics cards could be out Q1/Q2 next year...maybe. It's impossible to say when the best time for upgrading is :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 When you have the cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisiam Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku...anufacture=eVGA this looks like a good buy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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