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Curious About PCI-e....

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HyperTension

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Hmm.. With Dell releasing the new XPS that supports PCI-e, and the new AA8 by abit that support native PCI-e, it looks as if the new technology is hear. What I am curious about is wether or not there will be a sig. leap in performance from AGP 8x to PCI-e.

I currently have a BFG 6800u on pre-order from BB, but should I cancel and just wait for the PCI-e version to come out?
 
HyperTension said:
Hmm.. With Dell releasing the new XPS that supports PCI-e, and the new AA8 by abit that support native PCI-e, it looks as if the new technology is hear. What I am curious about is wether or not there will be a sig. leap in performance from AGP 8x to PCI-e.

I currently have a BFG 6800u on pre-order from BB, but should I cancel and just wait for the PCI-e version to come out?
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Are there any games that you NEED the 6800u for right now? Any downsides to waiting?
 
There will be no immediate performance increase. AGP 8X's bandwidth isn't fully utilized. PCI-E is more of a transitional product. After the chipsets mature and a few new native PCI-E chipsets come out start expecting an improvement.

In fact in HardOCP's own review the i875P Canterwood based system was just as fast and in some cases faster than i925 W/PCI-E using the same video card.
 
To be totally honest, waiting is not a problem, but the new cards are just sooo nice... sigh.. think the pci-e version will be a larg enough improvement to justify holding out?? :D
 
From the benchmarks at anandtech it looks like PCI-e has nothing to offer the current generation of cards. Performance is no better with PCI-e than AGP8x on the 6800/X800 series. Next year's cards might be a different story, though.
 
Some website recently did a review of various AGP speeds to see if PCI express would really make a difference. For the most part, AGP 2x was adequate. AGP 4x offered a slight performance boost and AGP 8x was pretty much pointless.

I don't remember the link or where I got it from, but I'm sure if someone was really interested in it they could find it easily.
 
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