Whats better?

[LarryS]

I'm assuming the PCI express card is better.. but I'm not sure.

Anyone have a definitive answer?

Thanks.

 

[knyghtbyte]

PCI-E doesnt make something better yet......there is neglible difference in performance between a 6800GT AGP and a PCI-E one....

the two cards your comparing are totally different tho, one is barely a DX8 card, the other is a DX9 but with very low clocks and pipes.....

my 4200Ti was a nice little performer with only 64mb...on older games i'd imagine it'd have better framerates than the newer X300SE.....but on newer games it might fold up a little.......

thing is, you either have a AGP based system or a PCI-E system..... so comparing those cards is pointless...if your AGP based you need the 4200, if ur PCI-E based you need the X300SE..

my advice, whichever you have, AGP or PCI-E, save up and get a 6600GT 🙂

(btw, your not confusing PCI-E with PCI are you? honest question, i see your a golden member here so i'd assume you know, but just asking in case...)

 

[LarryS]

Not confusing the two.

My current Dell has a 4200 in it (AGP).. I just bought a new Dell with the PCI-E card in it (which I will upgrade eventually). I just wanted to see if the performance will be about the same or better. I was pretty happy with the 4200.

Old system: 2.53/512/4200 AGP
New system: 3.2/512/PCI-E x16

Thanks..

 

[Matthias99]

Please, PLEASE tell me you're not seriously asking this question... The X300SE is a hell of a lot slower than the Ti4200. The interface is irrelevant. Compare benches between an R9200SE and a Ti4200 if you want to know how much worse it is.

 

[LarryS]

Yes, I am seriously asking the question. Thank you for your response.

 

[LTC8K6]

just find some benches like Tom's vga charts that have the 4200 and the 9600SE. That should give you an idea.

The X300SE is really just a 9600SE with a PCI-E interface.