Re: PCI Express vs AGP
 

Only get a PCIe motherboard if you plan on upgrading EVER. AGP is dead... deal with it.

Re: PCI Express vs AGP
 

I am also looking into upgrading my whole system, but I do not want to switch video cards (I have AGP but I want to get PCI-E so i the board will be future-proof). Anyhoo, I noticed this board at Newegg that has a XGP slot and a PCI-E slot; so with the XGP slot I can use my AGP card (x800 pro) until i upgrade to my PCI-E card in the future.

link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138249

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XGP is NOT NOT NOT the same as AGP... it wont work


the only board with both AGP and PCIe is a ATI intel board

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They have a list on biostar's website that lists all compatible AGP boards with XGP, so i guess im safe :uhm:

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technology is dumb and expensive and progresses to fast and makes me mad BUT GAMING IS SO FUN....uh hum...i like agp by the way

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um...no its not:uhh:

Re: PCI Express vs AGP
 

STOP DOUBLE POSTING!!!

Whew... sorry. AGP is not dead, but if he buys a middle of the line AGP card right now, then by the time his card has become outdated they will no longer make AGP cards and he will end up upgrading then. I stand by my earlier post. Either get a HIGH END AGP card (6800Ultra or X850XT), or get a PCIe board with a middle of the line card (6600GT).

Re: PCI Express vs AGP
 

Don't listen to Fragger, he doesn't know what he's talking about.
That XGP port is an AGP slot that bridges into something else, but it doesn't use the standard AGP bus of yore. And it doesn't perform for crap. If you insist on going the "futureproof" board-with-AGP, then look into that Albatron; I think that it has an AGP slot proper, but don't know that for certain (meaning that it could turn out to be as big a hackjob as the Biostar).
In the end, however, you really are better off just making a true shift to PCIe. Wait an extra month if you have to, until you can afford it.

As for AGP being dead, that's what everyone said about PCI graphics five or six years ago, and you can still buy PCI graphics cards to this day. Go figure.

Re: PCI Express vs AGP
 

What ever happened to that PCI-express to AGP bridge? You could get a new 6800gt in AGP then get a new processor/mobo with PCI-e and use the bridge with your old card.

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AGP is not dead, current high end AGP cards probably have at least a good two years of good gaming left in them. But in time AGP will become the next PCI.

I seen that PCIe to AGP bridge, but it don't look like it will work with a full size AGP card, it seems to be too big?