PCI-Express Video Cards

[TheGeek]

Are there any high-end PCIe videocards availible (6800, x800, ect.)?

 

[Gamingphreek]

Yes just look around for them. Anyways the only boards that support this are the LGA775 boards from Intel. I would advise against it right now. At least until the tech matures.

-Kevin

 

[imported_Helios]

I have yet to see them available anywhere, other than eBay. Where have you seen some?

Edit: Nevermind, you're right. Ridiculous prices though.

 

[imported_michaelpatrick33]

pci-ex is coming soon for AMD and 775 is available now but I would also wait for a month or two for stability and sane prices

 

[xgi]

PCI-X is just a marketing gimmic... almost every card can't even fill 75% of AGP 8x's bandwidth... I say wait for some time longer before getting a PCI-X compatible board.. new-tech bound to have heavy price tags and even glitches...

 

[Acanthus]

blah blah blah wait for nforce4 blah....

 

[TheGeek]

i cant find any. could someone tell me where they saw them

 

[imported_Helios]

I forget, but are you really willing to spend $600-$800 for a video card?

 

[Mik3y]

Originally posted by: xgi
PCI-X is just a marketing gimmic... almost every card can't even fill 75% of AGP 8x's bandwidth... I say wait for some time longer before getting a PCI-X compatible board.. new-tech bound to have heavy price tags and even glitches...

PCI-X? dony you mean PCI-e? PCI-X is 64 bit pci. but yes, i agree with you that pci-e is a marketing gimmic, even though it's got far more potential then agp.

as for high end pci-e cards, newegg has the pci-e x800 xt in stock for $601 right now.

 

[dakels]

I would think dual 6800's bridged together would fill AGP 8x...

 

[Heinrich]

The purpose of PCI-e for TODAY (or in the next few months) is being a bit understated. Even though PCI-E cards currently will not outperform their AGP counterparts, in the future they will. There's a slew of us waiting to go Athlon 64 but do not want to go to a shorter-lived platform (of the AGP variety). As soon as nForce 4 arrives we'll have a platform that will last longer and have those PCI-E slots for us - and will hopefully last ~2 years.

 

[Sonic587]

I think there are high-end ATI PCI-E cards out. Expensive as @#$%, however.

If you want to upgrade to PCI-E, WAIT. Don't go for it now. NF4 will be here soon.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

I would be wary of PCI-e right now. Most are crippled compared to their AGP counterparts, and are basically a rip-off. Look at the benchmarks here for a comparison (complete 3Digest here).

 

[df96817]

Originally posted by: Mik3y

Originally posted by: xgi
PCI-X is just a marketing gimmic... almost every card can't even fill 75% of AGP 8x's bandwidth... I say wait for some time longer before getting a PCI-X compatible board.. new-tech bound to have heavy price tags and even glitches...

as for high end pci-e cards, newegg has the pci-e x800 xt in stock for $601 right now.

I checked Newegg.com out for that card and it says it used DDR memory. Does the PCIe version of the X800 XT use DDR instead of DDR3?