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AGP - PCI-E Dilemma

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Dolarin

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I currently have a P4 system on a 865 mobo. I also have a BFG 6800GT OC AGP video card. I am wanting to upgrade and go AMD, but I'm trying to decide if I should sell the AGP card and go PCI-E with nf4, or just pick up a good 939 nf3 board and keep the AGP card. I know that there's no real performance gain b/t PCI-E and AGP, but the new features of the nf4 chipset are very nice, especially SATAII and NCQ support. I currently have someone lined up to sell/trade my AGP card to but I'm having second thoughts. I know I'm not the only person who's in the dilemma. I didn't think the market would dump AGP this fast, so that's why I made such a large purchase. I love the card and don't really want to replace it on the PCI-E side, but I can't help but think going nf4 is the way to go. Any help would be appreciated.

Dolarin
 
Get a 3000+ winchester, a nice NF4 mobo and an X800XL.

That setup right there should be very upgradable for quite a while.
 
Go ahead and take the PCI-e plunge. Otherwise you will just throw more money away when the next gen cards come out.
 
I'd sell that thing now while it still has some value.
 
I guess I'm going to be the lone voice that says you might as well keep you current card, and upgrade to a 939 AGP board. AGP cards are going to be around for a long time, and you're not going to see a really significant difference moving to a PCI-E card, unless you're planning and blowing the back and setting up a SLI rig. You have a great card - if you're not getting MSRP or very close to it, don't sell the BFG.
 
After reading through these forums, which I probably should have done to begin with, I have decided to keep the card. No, I wasn't going to be getting MSRP for it. Which is why I decided to keep it. I made an investment and I am going to stick with it. If the nf4 and pci e was faster, and had a lot of new features, I'd have gone ahead and done it. But it doesn't. I've seen so many posts of people who have the exact setup I'm looking to build, and they are more than happy with it. Anyways, thanks for the responses. Im a long time hard reader, but this is my first in it's forums. Looks like this is the place to be.
 
was in the same dilema a week ago but i sold my BFG 6800gt OC agp on ebay buy it now for $350 shipped so I would say sell NOW before the value further decreases
 
Jesus_Faction said:
im having a similar dilemma
so i thought "why not get a mobo that has agp and pci-e slots"

seems like the only socket 939 mobo that comes close to this is

http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboard/board.php?name=NF4UL-A9


that one

anyone know anything about it?
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I bought it and its pretty crappy...the XGP slot is only certified with certain AGP cards and you have to load a custom driver from Biostar to enable AGP support.. right off the bat I noticed some weird slowdown issues upon loading levels in WoW...

I'm selling my AGP cards and just replacing them with PCIe
 
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