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GeForce 6800 or PCI Express?

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PCI Express will soon take over AGP probably so is it time to migrate over? I need a Doom 3 card but am also thinking about going to an Intel 925X platform which doesn't have AGP for the most part.

Should I get a GeForce 6800 or a PCI Express card, if PCI Express which one?
 
PCI Express is a lot of hype at this point. It offers no performance advantage over AGP 8X. Not only that, MoBo makers are bringing it out after this newest generation of video cards. Those who would be most likely to spend a boatload on a new PCI Express setup have already purchased AGP 6800/X800 cards. Personally, I wouldn't sweat it. Hell, I just purchased a Socket 754 MoBo with an AGP slot. Oh the horror! :eek:
 
PCI X wont be standard for years... lol. Only crazyed [H] folks like us will be using PCI X in the next year.

As it stands NO games even push AGP 8x.. PCI X is the future, but its not needed right now, or in the next year. AGP cards will be around for atleast 3-4 more years. Believe it. Other people here may try to tell you different, but think of it from a business standpoint.. the majority of computer users are on AGP... no rush to PCI X, if its not NEEDED.

People will buy their new motherboards, and expensive PCI X cards this year and their performance specs wont be much more of a difference at all. Now in 1-2 years when games are made to push beyond AGP 8x and into PCI X, sure. No game companies would be dumb enough to spend millions of dollars developing a game that a small percentage of gamers could/would play.

Hope that helps... as it stangs.. agp is the smart choice.
 
Good post. I thought pci-e was supposed to be soooo many times better. 8x is still more than good enough for full detail/res.
 
Thats what I figured, I guess it was more of a hype thing in my eyes. Since I am running a GeForceFX 5700 Ultra right now I will probably want to upgrade to a GeForce 6800 or X800 XT either will do for Doom 3 and HL 2 but I like Nvidia better.
 
I'll wait to upgrade to PCI E when the boards start shipping with Dual PCI E x16 slots :D

Already planning on a gargantiuan system for a buddy of mine and his tax return next year.

So far it looks something like this

Twin Geforce 6800's probably a pair of whatever the fall refresh brings.
Athlon FX 53 or possibly Dual Opterons.
Pair of Raptor 74 gigers in RAID 0
Pair of WD 250 gig or larger drives for storage.
Coolermaster CM stacker case.
Already has 1 GB of PC 4000 Corsair Pro so going to add another gig.
Keeping Audigy 2 Zs from old puter.

Overall looking at a 3 grand upgrade, give or take ;)
 
My feeling is that PCI Express wil eventually become the de facto standard; from a technical standpoint it seesm to have more headroom, and also doesn't seem to have a price impact (PCI E cards seem to be priced about the same as their AGP equivalents, as are PCI E capable motherboards). That said, there's also not a reason to switch over now. If you want to just upgrade your system, just get a new AGP card. If you want/need to build a whole new system, go for a PCI E based one in a couple months once the high end vid card supply issues hopefully get straightened out.
 
If you are willing to wait a bit the SLI-able PCI-E 6800 should show up sometime.
 
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