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AGP 8x is the end, PCI Express is the beginning...

No, it was more of a rant about having one item changing and us, the end users having to buy new mainboards :|
 
Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
No, it was more of a rant about having one item changing and us, the end users having to buy new mainboards :|
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Shipping second half of next year, meaning end of next year/beggining of following year. I'd say most people will be upgrading by then anyways.

 
you forget that todays cards can and will power games into the next year. You won't *need* a new PCI-X graphics card for another 2-3 years. thats plenty of overlap for a new system.
 
I can't wait.

<--- rig is two years old, can wait for another two years or so for the standards to cement themselves.
 
Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
you forget that todays cards can and will power games into the next year. You won't *need* a new PCI-X graphics card for another 2-3 years. thats plenty of overlap for a new system.
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I agree, I'm still running an ATI 64MB VIVO card and it runs everything I currently throw at it. To be honest, I believe it's the oldest part in my rig.
 
i'll be ready for an upgrade by then......but even then, probably won't buy into it right away, till it gets "stable".....it's not like old boards and agp cards are going to disappear off the face of the earth....they'll still be avaliable...
 
Originally posted by: Lithium381
i'll be ready for an upgrade by then......but even then, probably won't buy into it right away, till it gets "stable".....it's not like old boards and agp cards are going to disappear off the face of the earth....they'll still be avaliable...
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prolly go the way of CNR, ISA and 56k modems 😉
 
Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
you forget that todays cards can and will power games into the next year. You won't *need* a new PCI-X graphics card for another 2-3 years. thats plenty of overlap for a new system.
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I agree, I'm still running an ATI 64MB VIVO card and it runs everything I currently throw at it. To be honest, I believe it's the oldest part in my rig.
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Heck, i'm still running the ATi Rage Fury Pro VIVO....heh 32mb $100 when i bought it like three years ago, been with me since then, it's the oldest, and for sure the bottleneck of my current system, the system i built it with originally it took anything and everything i threw at it! Still, my system handles ATOT fine....😀
 
I have a PCI-X machine here at the office (quad Xeon box 😀) where I'm writing some device drivers for our next generation hardware. The nice thing about PCI-X is that it's not restricted to AGP-type shenanigans so non-video devices can take advantage of it.

I don't think you'll have to worry about being forced to upgrade anytime soon. It's not like AGP is going to disappear from the consumer scene overnight.

 
Originally posted by: arcas
I have a PCI-X machine here at the office (quad Xeon box 😀) where I'm writing some device drivers for our next generation hardware. The nice thing about PCI-X is that it's not restricted to AGP-type shenanigans so non-video devices can take advantage of it.

I don't think you'll have to worry about being forced to upgrade anytime soon. It's not like AGP is going to disappear from the consumer scene overnight.
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to my knowledge, PCI-X and PCI-Express are two different things.
 
Ahh, I stand corrected. I misread the article. You are correct, PCI-Express and PCI-X are very different (PCI-Express is a serial bus while PCI-X is merely an extension of PCI).

 
omg.. more new motherboards.... GAH... so retarded....
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