PCI Express and the 6600gt

[SalmonMan]

I have a couple of small questions that i was wondering about. First, does anyone know of around when the 6600gt's will be released on agp? I can barely even find any places that sell the PCI-E versions, and I heard that the agp's would come out around a month after the PCI-E versions.

Also, are there any AMD motherboards that support PCI-E yet? Where can I find them if there are any, but if there arent, does anyone know when I can expect to see them start popping up?

Thanks in advance

 

[bryanf445]

no there arent any amd mobos that have it yet i think, but im guessing maybe q1 2005

 

[blahblahblah]

No AMD motherboards. Apparently they are supposed to becoming out by the end of this year.

 

[SalmonMan]

How about the 6600gt agp release date? I'd like to upgrade before half life 2 comes out, but I dont have enough money for a 6800gt, and I want something more powerful than the 9800 pro to last me a while. Nvidia lists one site that sells 6600's but Ive never heard of them, and its in PCI-E

 

[Adidajs]

yeah i would definitely be interested in a 6600gt agp card. my 9600pro is kinda lacking.

 

[azz0r]

What kind of percentage improvements is pci-express going to bring?

 

[Fletch]

nothing at the moment. It only takes away the bandwidth restrictions of AGP, which we are far from fully utilising.

 

[Kristafon]

It gives more electricity i think, plus it allows two cards to be joined and take on one half of the screen each

 

[SalmonMan]

I dont really care that much about the PCI E at the moment, I just want to get my hands on a 6600gt.

 

[sHaDdoW]

they will be comming out in the future with agp