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PCI or AGP video card?

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XxAndyxX

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I'm building a new PC, and I have a couple video cards laying around, so I was wondering which one y'all think I should use for gaming.

1) PCI BFG FX5500 OC 256mb
http://www.bfgtech.com/5500OC.html

or...

2) AGP PNY FX5200 128mb
http://www.pcbunk.net/catalog/B000098PW8.html

It seems to me like the first one would be the best choice, but I don't know if AGP makes a big difference.

Also, this is the motherboard they will be going into:
http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socket939/a8v-d/overview.htm
 
Okay, so you think the second one will perform slighty better than the first?

Being poor, a new video card is out of the question lol. I'm not going to be doing hard core gaming, mainly Counter-Strike and some design programs (autocad, macromedia stuff).
 
Originally posted by: Crescent13
PCI-E>AGP>PCI. You will definetly want a new video card for gaming. Why don't you buy a PCI-E motherboard?
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How much more would it be? (comparable in all aspects to the board I got, expet with PCI-E)
 
Or if you guys know of a better board for under 114, tell me what you think. I'll make a new topic about what board I should get in the motherboard forum, so post there if you have any suggestions.
 
the 5200 in agp will be faster, pci is a huge bottleneck

the msi neo-2 plat is 119 at newegg, it has a 25 MIR which would put it comfortably under 114 and it is the consensus best skt 939 agp board

you could sell both videocards and get a pci-e board (i would suggest the epox at 108) and a x700 pro at newegg for 105 which would utterly kill those cards in gaming
 
The 5500 is basically just a slightly overclocked 5200...unless the bus is 128bit, then well, i'd still go with the 5200 because agp is alot faster.
 
Originally posted by: coomar
the 5200 in agp will be faster, pci is a huge bottleneck

the msi neo-2 plat is 119 at newegg, it has a 25 MIR which would put it comfortably under 114 and it is the consensus best skt 939 agp board

you could sell both videocards and get a pci-e board (i would suggest the epox at 108) and a x700 pro at newegg for 105 which would utterly kill those cards in gaming
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Mabe.. But I just put a fx5700le pci in my girlfreinds e- machine and it's as fast as the benchmarks I see for the 5700 agp in comparable systems. why? There's little bottleneck if any.
 
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