Should I get a AGP card or change my motherboard/cpu & get PCI-E?

[jerin222]

Is it too late? I want a video card (looking at 6600GT) but my motherboard is AGP. Should I wait and get a new motherboard/proc and then get a video card? Or should I just get one now and be done with it? :afro:

 

[ComradeBadger]

I'd say stick with your current mobo, and get the AGP version

 

[giant384]

if u can afford it go with the cpu and pci-e its ur choice

 

[Asus]

There is a AGP version of the 6600GT.
Enjoy

Buying a new board and cpu to support PCI Express would be, well...wasting money. Unless you enjoy that. There will always be new things that you will want to spend money on. Find when to do it and when to stop. Probably best.

Although, dual core Athlon 64's will be compatible with socket 939... :O
...in late 2005/2006. I'm sorry.

 

[trizzm]

real men have AGP and DDR1 systems.

 

[gweedodogg69]

At the moment, the benchmarks aren't very different between PCI-E and AGP, least from what I've seen. I have an AGP 6800 Ultra and it works great. AGP is going anywhere for awhile (2+ years) so you're in good shape.

 

[duffers20]

If i were in your position, I would upgrade to a skt939 mobo with sli support and get a new 3500+ cpu and a new pci-e gfx card, but its upto you.

 

[G-Dub]

what is better? AGP or PCI-E?

 

[sHaDdoW]

pci-e is best

 

[G-Dub]

thanks for the reply shaddow, what benefits does pci-e have over agp?

 

[Computer5k]

I think it's just marginally faster, nothing to buy a new mobo over.

 

[G-Dub]

well its just that i'm buying a new pc, and wondered if it was worth the extra cash to get a pci-e card?