X800 XT PE AGP or X800 XL PCI-E ?

[Zenoth]

Hi.

I got the processor, the tower, everything, except for the Motherboard and the GPU.

I got two choices.

Combination of:

ASUS A8V-Deluxe (AGP) / ATi X800 XT (Maybe PE, still not sure)
ASUS A8V-E Deluxe (PCI-E) / ATi X800 XL

Which one should I get ?

I know the X800 XT (PE) is supposed to be superior, and I think it is indeed, but I'm not sure since the other combo implies the new PCI-E technology.

But I got a question related to PCI-Express.

Is PCI-E actually faster ? Or does it just have the potential to be faster ?

I mean, to use the technology, the bandwidth properly, it's the game developers that must make their game so it uses the potential, or, are the games actually already take advantages of PCI-E ?

Thanks for your time and help.

 

[Appledrop]

ya, the XT will be faster, PCIe is not faster at all at this moment.. seeing as going from agp 4x to agp 8x is like 1% difference ( dont know the actual value) from 8x to 16x would be about nil.

 

[christopherzombie]

I'd go with a X800XL and save 150-200 bucks. Do your research, and find out what brand comes with 1.6ns RAM, so you can overclock to X850XT speeds.