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AGP GFX Card...

exoid

Junior Member
Hello,

I'm wanting to upgrade my computer but since i have a AGP GFX card and i want to use the X2 AMD processor the only mobo choice i have is;

ASRock 939Dual-SATA2

Now, my question is.. Should i go with this.. get a motherboard that supports AGP & PCIe, and then have the option for both or leave behind AGP and get a PCIe gfx.

I have a ATI Radeon 9800TX 128MB AGP card, and i really don't wanna have to replace it quite yet since its still pretty good for its performance.

Comments appreciated.

Basicly, my concern is... should i bother that mobo to support AGP.. will i lose performance or is there something that's missing with that mobo that I could regret down the road when DirectX10 etc comes out..

thanks in advance.
 
AGP is dying. There are still good AGP video cards, but as a standard it is dying. The latest graphics cards will come out for PCIe only, not for AGP. IMO, upgrade to a PCIe motherboard.
 
A new PCI-E card would go great with the X2 ^__^ If you are getting a new mobo, I recommend ditching your AGP card....... If your budget is really tight, then by all means, go for the ASRock 939Dual-SATA2. I have heard many good things about it. AGP performance is top-notch too, so you wont exactly be losing anything at all. ASRock stuff still scares me though :S. Anyways, hope that helped.
 
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