went with agp 6600GT

[frankierx]

I am in great need of a 6600GT for CSsource. I need fast fps at 1280x1024 with max settings. I went ahead today and ordered msi 6600 gt AGP from newegg. Keeping in mind that I may upgrade to A64 s939 Platform AGP next month. Currently using 2500+ oc'd to 3200+. My question is: should I not upgrade my cpu/mobo until next christmas when the next gen mid-range gpu would most likely be mainstream inorder to contemplate whether to upgrade to AGP or PCI-E mobo?

This makes sense. No use upgrading to A64 platform from OC'd 2500+ when the new 6600 GT can improve gameplay. I will save money by not upgrading the mobo a second time within a year ( if I were to upgrade to nf3 agp mobo/A64 in the spring then again to nf4 pci-e mobo in the winter).

Remember my main goal is to play CS source a lot smoother. If I can do that with the 6600GT AGP/ new 480W enermax noisetaker psu (also ordered) then there would be no reason to upgrade to A64 platform until next mid-range gpu card cycle during Christmas '05. This would not only save my investment in my purchase of the AGP 6600 GT card until next gpu cycle but save me from buying a NF3 board in January. I will only have to worry about one mobo next year, a NF4 board next christmas when the direction to pci-e will be unavoidable with the next gpu card cycle.

 

[Tyrant222]

you know, that is a good question

 

[frankierx]

bump

 

[Mrvile]

Next xmas you might have to switch to PCIe. I recently built a comp using AGP, and I find myself looking at the same future. Anyway, what I would do is get a nice NF4 (or whatever is popular by then) board and a mid to high-end PCI-e video card to last me the next 2 - 3 years.

 

[icejunkie]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Next xmas you might have to switch to PCIe. I recently built a comp using AGP, and I find myself looking at the same future. Anyway, what I would do is get a nice NF4 (or whatever is popular by then) board and a mid to high-end PCI-e video card to last me the next 2 - 3 years.

Yea, keeping in mind 2-3 years ahead is what you wanna do... I was gonna go ahead and order an ASUS A8N-SLi with 2 6600GTs but figured i'd rather go with one 6800GT and just stick another in there when I need it...

 

[dc5]

don't expect to get very high fps with 1280x1024 max aa/af

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: dc5
don't expect to get very high fps with 1280x1024 max aa/af

Yeah, remember that in Doom3 max AA is 16x...

Anyway, icejunkie, even by the time youy need another 6800GT, they might become obsolete. Newer mid-range cards might even beat two 6800GTs in 1 or 2 years. Computer world moves fast.

 

[KayKay]

with a lot of technologies, we often laugh at the first gen people for spending ludicris amounts of money on first generation technology, that was easily outdone a year after. pci-e and sli are new and somewhat underachieving right now, so it wouldn't hurt to wait a little

 

[Rapsven]

AGP will still be around for another year or three.

 

[frankierx]

Originally posted by: KayKay
with a lot of technologies, we often laugh at the first gen people for spending ludicris amounts of money on first generation technology, that was easily outdone a year after. pci-e and sli are new and somewhat underachieving right now, so it wouldn't hurt to wait a little

Originally posted by: Rapsven
AGP will still be around for another year or three.

thank you.

 

[dfloyd]

"AGP will still be around for another year or three."

Funny I heard people saying this about ISA as well. It may well be around, but I seriously doubt it. Most people catering to the AGP market are only doing so because people still have it. I mean look at how little Ati is giving to the AGP market. Nada, zilch, nothing right now. Only there older cards are still being made on this older medium.

(The fact remains that one of the biggest card makers out there (Ati) has pretty much shown how much attention AGP will get from them (Pretty much Nada). Imagine when SLI is common place, AGP will have even less support. So arguing for AGP is kind of silly, yeah its fine and all but PCI-E is better, and will be the future, why buy AGP if its defintely on the way out?)

 

[Sniper82]

Originally posted by: dfloyd
"AGP will still be around for another year or three."

Funny I heard people saying this about ISA as well. It may well be around, but I seriously doubt it. Most people catering to the AGP market are only doing so because people still have it. I mean look at how little Ati is giving to the AGP market. Nada, zilch, nothing right now. Only there older cards are still being made on this older medium.

(The fact remains that one of the biggest card makers out there (Ati) has pretty much shown how much attention AGP will get from them (Pretty much Nada). Imagine when SLI is common place, AGP will have even less support. So arguing for AGP is kind of silly, yeah its fine and all but PCI-E is better, and will be the future, why buy AGP if its defintely on the way out?)

Yeah I was gonna buy a 6600GT AGP for $200+ to go with my NF7-S and 1800+@3200+. Then I got to thinking I am just gonna wait till spring when I should be able to find a budget NF4 board and a Athlon 64 chip and just purchase as 6600/6800 for a bit cheaper then they are now.

Well main reason I decided to wait is also because I found a good deal on a 9700 pro for $75 which will still run todays games at 1024x768 with most eye candy on and it be playable(no FSAA or anything though). When I do upgrade I will just sell my currently CPU/mobo and video for what I can get out of it. My PC3200 should still work in my new setup?

 

[element]

Originally posted by: dfloyd
"AGP will still be around for another year or three."

Funny I heard people saying this about ISA as well. It may well be around, but I seriously doubt it. Most people catering to the AGP market are only doing so because people still have it. I mean look at how little Ati is giving to the AGP market. Nada, zilch, nothing right now. Only there older cards are still being made on this older medium.

(The fact remains that one of the biggest card makers out there (Ati) has pretty much shown how much attention AGP will get from them (Pretty much Nada). Imagine when SLI is common place, AGP will have even less support. So arguing for AGP is kind of silly, yeah its fine and all but PCI-E is better, and will be the future, why buy AGP if its defintely on the way out?)

True but if I already have an AGP system but just a low performing video card (geforce 4 4200) why should I spend $700+ on a mobo/cpu/ram/pci-e 6600gt when I can just grab an AGP 6600GT for ~$200 now and be done with it?