how long until AGP is completely extinct?

[groovin]

i am still happy with my AGP card and would like to stretch a bit farther, but my cpu and mobo are getting upgraded to amd64 very soon. so, ill probaly end up getting something like an nForce 3 board or a K8T800... but i was wondering when we should expect card makers to stop making AGP cards altogether. I see that the nVidia 6800 has an AGP version, but wasnt sure if PCI-e was going to completely take over anytime soon. fyi, i am currently using an ATI 9800 pro.

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

pci-e has no performance advanteages currently.

 

[keeleysam]

2-3 years.

 

[Dkcode]

I think if your planning to buy a new gfx card with a new mobo and processor then it would be wise to go the PCI-E route.

Edit: Sorry i missread your post...

 

[Schadenfroh]

Sadly, i think it all depends on companies like DELL 🙁

It will be eradicated from high end market in about a year (my guess, i think we will see AGP versions of the next gen cards, ATI will most likely release one and nvidia will counter it, but they are raking in a good deal of nforce4 chipset sales now, so no reason to launch AGP versions of high end cards for now, they are waiting on ATI), but the low end stuff will probably remain strong, as long as AGP motherboards are being made and sold for cheap prices by the OEMs.

 

[biostud]

I doubt that there will be AGP for AMD's next sockets, well not for high end systems atleast. Sis or ULi might make a cheap one with AGP.

 

[knyghtbyte]

to me it looks like PCI-E will rule completely within the year, AGP will still be around but in niche areas, and even then i doubt it will last too long, mebbe 2 years tops...

face it folks, technology has moved on, what company wants to sell something it only sells tiny quantities of therefore not making any real profit?...lol

you actually believe these companies care nowadays about you, they dont give a monkeys copulation, its the PROFIT that matters....lol

 

[JBT]

I think if you are going to upgrade I would get a PCI-Express system sell off the 9800 and grab 6600GT or something.

I think AGP cards are going to start dwindeling in numbers and probably cost a little bit more on top of that.

 

[amdnVuser]

Supposedly nVIDIA will no longer make AGP cards starting with G70 and above. There are rumors that ATI will make an AGP version of R520, but no one knows for sure. Thus, if you're worried about scalability, you really need to make the switch to PCIe. At this point, since you're getting a whole new system, I'd recommend just saving a little more $ and getting a PCIe graphics card (and motherboard, of course).

 

[Cheesetogo]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Sadly, i think it all depends on companies like DELL 🙁

It will be eradicated from high end market in about a year (my guess, i think we will see AGP versions of the next gen cards, ATI will most likely release one and nvidia will counter it, but they are raking in a good deal of nforce4 chipset sales now, so no reason to launch AGP versions of high end cards for now, they are waiting on ATI), but the low end stuff will probably remain strong, as long as AGP motherboards are being made and sold for cheap prices by the OEMs.

Dell no longer has agp in any of their current line-up.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Sadly, i think it all depends on companies like DELL 🙁

It will be eradicated from high end market in about a year (my guess, i think we will see AGP versions of the next gen cards, ATI will most likely release one and nvidia will counter it, but they are raking in a good deal of nforce4 chipset sales now, so no reason to launch AGP versions of high end cards for now, they are waiting on ATI), but the low end stuff will probably remain strong, as long as AGP motherboards are being made and sold for cheap prices by the OEMs.

Dell no longer has agp in any of their current line-up.

Hmm, was not aware of that, thumbing thru their site you appear to be correct. But they were never big into expansion ports in the first place i guess😛

 

[groovin]

great thanks for the advice guys! i guess now i have to decide what video card and mobo to buy.

 

[Spike]

Originally posted by: knyghtbyte
to me it looks like PCI-E will rule completely within the year, AGP will still be around but in niche areas, and even then i doubt it will last too long, mebbe 2 years tops...

face it folks, technology has moved on, what company wants to sell something it only sells tiny quantities of therefore not making any real profit?...lol

you actually believe these companies care nowadays about you, they dont give a monkeys copulation, its the PROFIT that matters....lol

You are correct, except the part about being PCI-E rulling within the year. Did you forget that the largest vid card maker is actually Intel and not ATI or nVidia? There are many more built in graphics than AGP or PCI-E so those are and probably still will rule, regardless of what the enthusisest niche market does. That being said, I would go with PCI-E with a new build but don't see any reason to upgrade soley for the purpose of getting PCI-E

-spike

 

[wmansfield]

Originally posted by: groovin
great thanks for the advice guys! i guess now i have to decide what video card and mobo to buy.

DFI Lanparty NF4 Ultra is $129 at Newegg. If you want something a bit less intense MSI makes a good board in the Neo4. Screw the K8T800. As far as video card, a 6600GT will be fine if you stay in the 1024x768 area with high details.

Neo4-F Here $84