Is there a way to use AGP videocard on a PCI-e motherboard?

[eclavatar]

I have plans to upgrade my CPU and motherboard now but I have a problem. I plan to upgrade my videocard to a GF6800GT this Fall with PCI Express and add another one next spring for SLI. So I need a motherboard with SLI, which unfortunately doesn't also include an AGP slot.

So I was wondering if anyone has heard of an AGP to PCI Express converter?

 

[SomeDude22]

No

maybe the VIA chipset when its out but right now No

 

[KoolDrew]

No.

 

[AristoV300]

No, just like you can't put DDR in a DDR2 slot.

 

[eclavatar]

Well anyone know of a motherboard with 1 PCI-e slot and an AGP slot?

 

[SomeDude22]

there is a intel one

but the AGP was attached to old ass PCI bus and performed horribly with a AGP 8x card

heres a link to it

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: eclavatar
Well anyone know of a motherboard with 1 PCI-e slot and an AGP slot?

EDIT: Never Mind. I don't think the Biostar is an SLI mobo, just PCI-e. Sorry, I overlooked that part. I don't think "SLI" and "AGP" belong in the same sentance

Yeah, do a search for nforce 4 with AGP. There were a couple of posts about it last week. I linked an NF4 for somebody, I think it was a Biostar. It has both AGP and PCI-e slots. Don't know how good it works though.

Fern

 

[SomeDude22]

Originally posted by: Fern

Originally posted by: eclavatar
Well anyone know of a motherboard with 1 PCI-e slot and an AGP slot?

Yeah, do a search for nforce 4 with AGP. There were a couple of posts about it last week. I linked an NF4 for somebody, I think it was a Soltech (sp?). It has both AGP and PCI-e slots. Don't know how good it works though.

Fern

Soltek

 

[L00PY]

There are always trade-offs when trying to plan for future parts / upgrades.

If you're dead set on upgrading now you can:
1) get a mobo with AGP + 1 PCIe-16x slot (search newegg for 'em), and re-upgrade for SLI,
2) get a mobo with SLI now and use onboard video until you can afford video card upgrades,
3) buy whatever your budget can afford now with just AGP, and do a whole re-upgrade in the future.

1 - severely limits your choice to possibly poorly performing or quirky mobos.
2 - is a probably a severe video card downgrade for the near term.
3 - gives you the best selection and performance you can afford today but leaves you in the same situation for your next ugrade.

In your shoes, I'd probably either wait to upgrade or go with 1.

 

[Silversierra]

Originally posted by: L00PY
There are always trade-offs when trying to plan for future parts / upgrades.

If you're dead set on upgrading now you can:
1) get a mobo with AGP + 1 PCIe-16x slot (search newegg for 'em), and re-upgrade for SLI,
2) get a mobo with SLI now and use onboard video until you can afford video card upgrades,
3) buy whatever your budget can afford now with just AGP, and do a whole re-upgrade in the future.

1 - severely limits your choice to possibly poorly performing or quirky mobos.
2 - is a probably a severe video card downgrade for the near term.
3 - gives you the best selection and performance you can afford today but leaves you in the same situation for your next ugrade.

In your shoes, I'd probably either wait to upgrade or go with 1.

Option 2, does it exist? I've never seen a sli mobo with onboard video. That would be strange if it did. Sli-best graphics you can get, integrated-worst graphics you can get, all on one board.
Closest bet. http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138249
With that you could use an agp card for a while, then get a pci-card(6800gt etc), run it for a while, then get a sli mobo and another (exact same) 6800gt, and you have sli.

 

[TStep]

For Intel users, the Via PT880 Pro chipset should be showing somewhere soon. It supports both.

 

[ViN86]

or you could do what im doing. sell the vid card, get a PCI-E card and get an SLI board.

its hard to upgrade, but i figure it as an investment. realistically, socket 939 is gonna be around for a while. im sure nVidia will keep releasing SLI capable cards, and the performace to cash ratio is great.

 

[carlosd]

No , Intel(They invented PCI-e) had to be sure that you had to buy a new mobo and video card, when upgrading. That sucks.

 

[Hikari]

Do a search for motherboards that have XGP on them...

It sucks though, it runs the AGP card with the rest of your PCI slots, etc.

 

[doublejbass]

Just jam the card into the slot, make it fit, and then turn it on. It will work.