PCI-e for 939 yet?

[imported_Vile]

I'm planning on building a totally new pc this Xmas, and I want to go the PCI-e route. I'm planning on an Athlon 64 3500+ and a Gigabyte X800 XT. However, I can't find any 939 mobos with PCI-e, but I hear they're supposed to be out real soon. So should I wait or just go with AGP?

 

[imported_Bleh]

Agps lifespan will probably be for another 1 1/2 years. If you dont already have a good agp card Id recommend waiting for the nforce4 motherboards to come out the end of this month or in November.

 

[imported_Vile]

Remember what I said, I'm building from scratch. Anyway, I'm kinda new to this, did some research about other stuff but didn't look this up yet: How well would a Radeon card work on an nForce board? Also, there aren't any 939 nForces out right now...maybe this new one will be?

 

[gw186]

The nforce4 will come in 939, it's scheduled to come out on tuesday.

 

[Link19]

I havn't seen a Radeon X800 for PCI-E yet. All I've seen is the Radeon X800 for 8X AGP right now. I've seen the Radeon X600 for PCI-E, but why not X800 yet? Is PCI-E still have a ways to go before it replaces AGP all together for video cards?

 

[smthmlk]

Originally posted by: Link19
I havn't seen a Radeon X800 for PCI-E yet. I've seen the Radeon X600 for PCI-E, but why not X800 yet?

Maybe because you haven't been looking very hard:

http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=14-131-283&depa=0

"- Specifications -

Chipset/Core Speed: ATI Radeon X800 XT/500MHz
Memory/Effective Speed: 256MB GDDR3/1000MHz
BUS: PCI-Express"

 

[Link19]

Originally posted by: smthmlk

Originally posted by: Link19
I havn't seen a Radeon X800 for PCI-E yet. I've seen the Radeon X600 for PCI-E, but why not X800 yet?

Maybe because you haven't been looking very hard:

http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=14-131-283&depa=0

"- Specifications -

Chipset/Core Speed: ATI Radeon X800 XT/500MHz
Memory/Effective Speed: 256MB GDDR3/1000MHz
BUS: PCI-Express"

No wonder why I haven't seen it yet?? It is so freakin expensive!! I had looked on ATI's website under X800, and all it said was about AGP?? When I clicke don the link to the X600, it talked about PCI-E? That's why I thought they didn't have it yet because I couldn't find it on ATI's website. Do you think PCI Express is worth the upgrade just yet? How much longer do you think it will be until games take advnatge of the new bandwidth PCI-E offers?