For some (or most) of you who have PCI-Express graphics card, is it better than an AGP card? Because the video card (that I won two weeks ago), I found out that I am not getting the 7800GS (AGP) card. I am getting a 7800GT (PCI-Express) card. I just want to know because most people were telling me that PCI-E is much better than AGP. :lol:
You won a 7800GT?? Whoa.. Nice one Yes, PCI-E is much better than AGP. I'm no expert on how much better, but I'm pretty sure the slots are 8x faster? (hope i'm right there...) All the big cards coming out now are PCI-E. If I had the money, I would buy an SLI motherboard, and hook up 2 of those cards you just won. Damn you're lucky
Yeah. If I hadn't won, I would still buy it. Right now, GeForce 7800GT cards are at $300 or $350. That's pretty inexpensive for me. Only the 7800GTX are still expensive ($450 or higher).
yep, PCI-E is faster than AGP. it has more lines to talk to the cpu (in non-technical terms). Pci-e is the fastest thing yet. well, actually sli is, but sli uses 2 PCI-E slots, so w/e. sdo, yeah. It is better. you want to give it me instead? :lol: oh thats right... I don't have any PCI-E slots... damn <_<
Even though PCI-e is faster than AGP, not even the best cards out there today use all of the bandwidth the AGP slot offers.
Im facing almost the same problem, I got a Fx 5700VE, I can play most games on high resolution w/ no lag, but when it comes to NFSMW, it's getting laggy. Anyway, to answer your question yes, pci-e is faster. Now my question is, is it actually worth buying a complete new motherboard, or should we wait 'till the next generation videocards? And if yes, should we go for CrossFire ready mobo's or nvidia's sli technology?
the only thing that makes PCI-e better than AGP is the capacity to use SLi or cross fire and the future scaleability. Performance wise, a single 7800GT will perform the same for either interface because todays carsds don't come close to AGP 8xs interface. In fact, for some AGP might be better because it can deleiver higher voltages than PCI-e(hence the need for aditional power input on some PCI-e cards) as for cross fire Vs. SLI, both are overrated, you get better performance just buying a new card, 250$ into a 7800GT will outdo 300$ into two 6800GTs in most cases. I'd likely go crossfire though due to the ability to use today's relatively cruddy card(even if it's godly) with tommorows insane card.
dude wow thats amazing, how did u win it?? lol if i were you id buy a new mobo just to use it. and yes pci-e is better, its got better bandwidth.
performance wise, AGP is marginally ahead of PCI-e at this time though, but PCI-e is far better for future cards or the capacity to use SLI/Crossfire AGP is good now, but PCI-e is definately the future.
