Newbee APG 8X v. PCI-E

[jdcoheno]

I want to buy a mid priced high performance video card, like a 6600gt for a Asus A8V Deluxe Motherboard. I understand that this Mobo accepts an 8X APG. If I am buying a video card, do I want a PCI card or an APG card. Sorry in advance if this is a dumb question.

 

[Fenuxx]

Youll have to go with AGP as that particular mobo doesn't support PCI-Express. You could get a plain PCI videocard, but that would be just plain stupid, as there is nothing really worth a damn that is out there in plain old PCI. The best PCI card I know of is the GeForce4 MX 460, which completely sucks ass by todays standards.

 

[uOpt]

Well, you need a PCIe motherboard.

I am not in favor of PCIe at this time. Because you don't get enough slots. Typical boards have 1x x16, 2x x1 and 2x PCI, and random slots of those are blocked by big video cards. If you want to plug in a bunch of stuff you quickly run out of whatever slot you have a card for.

The 6600GT is an exception but generally the PCIe cards are much more expensive. Personally I would go with a 6800 (no letters) instead, and that requires AGP to be cheap.

 

[fstime]

Dont listen to these guys rofl,buying an AGP card right now is plain stupid, pci-e is the future of graphics cards, simply get a PCI-e mobo with one 16x slot, dont bother with SLI.

Put it this way, if you went agp right now, your next video card upgrade would require you to buy a motherboard. If you currently dont feel like upgrading your mobo, do what you want and go agp.

 

[SkywalkerG]

with new motherboard upgrade comes new ram possibilty (considering maybe people dont have ddr 400, or ddr2 boards right now) and of course video card for pci-express. I for one, just couldnt afford to get a whole new system..so i happy with my setup in 8x agp today. And honestly it will have to be suffice for tomorrows gaming, even though i wont be able to tack every graphics up to high quality. If you have the money definately upgrade your motherboard, graphics board, ram.. if you dont, your just like me and stuck with 8x agp. Which isnt necessarily a bad thing right now... you just wont beable to show off the highest end graphics in the near future.

And don't get confused with PCI vs Pci Express, your post almost makes it seem as if you believe your motherboard is PCI express ready. I wish i had some good links for the new slot.. it definately is pretty crazzy considering how small the lil ah heck is.

 

[dfedders]

Dont listen to these guys rofl,buying an AGP card right now is plain stupid, pci-e is the future of graphics cards, simply get a PCI-e mobo with one 16x slot, dont bother with SLI.

He said he wanted to buy a "mid priced high performance video card", not build an entire new system.

AGP is your only option unless you purchase a new motherboard that supports PCI-Express.

 

[Killrose]

Originally posted by: jdcoheno
I want to buy a mid priced high performance video card, like a 6600gt for a Asus A8V Deluxe Motherboard. I understand that this Mobo accepts an 8X APG. If I am buying a video card, do I want a PCI card or an APG card. Sorry in advance if this is a dumb question.

You want an AGP video card. That is your only option for a mid-high performance video card with your current set-up. 6600gt would be very nice.

 

[sam73box]

Go with agp card. Nothing completely saturates the 8X agp bus speeds. At this point, I myself see no reason to upgrade to the PCI-E motherboard. Waiting to upgrade will allow time for vendors to update the existing motherboards that support PCI-E and also add features. Most important is price. The top of the line system is really useless because 6 months later something better comes out. The 6600GT is a good buy but if you can swing the 6800GT that would be better.