What are we expecting from nVidia around Sept?

[EGGO]

I'm right now in the middle of wondering whether or not I should go PCI-E or AGP. Pretty soon, around Sept. supposedly, there will finally be a PCI-E mobo for the AMD64.

Will there be a GPU comparable to the AGP's 6800 Ultra by then?

If not, I'm willing to get an AGP mobo now and just switch it later next year and get the BFG GeForce 6800 Ultra OC GPU with Water Block (by the way, any idea how to pre-order from this site?).

 

[SneakyStuff]

Yep, the entire 6800 line will be PCI-E native, and the new 6600 line will be PCI-E native and AGP. Check out the 6600 GT, for less than $200, it's suoopsedly 20% faster than a 9800XT. That's the card I am getting when I move to PCI-E.

 

[Pete]

There may be a 6800U for PCIe by then, yes. But I'm not sure you'll see a big difference between the AGP and PCIe versions.

The 6800 line is not PCIe native, it uses nVidia's bridge chip for NV40 and NV45 (6800) PCIe cards. The 6600 does appear to be PCIe native, and so it'll need the same bridge chip (just reversed) for AGP versions.