Yes, I know 10 minutes of google searching could figure this out but...

is PCI-e that much better than AGP 8x? Is it worth the cost of getting a new motherboard and video card simply to go to PCI-e, or should I wait around for the "next big thing?"

Right now I am running AGP 8x with a Radeon X800 Pro 256mb.

10/10/2005 10:53:07 PM

if you are ready to upgrade to a better proc/mobo/vid card then yes....if not then stick with your X800 (which isn't really outdated yet)

10/10/2005 10:53:56 PM

Well I guess what I am asking is will I see that much of a performance boost? Does a comparable PCI express card to an X800 Pro AGP card simply perform better because it is on a PCI express interface or what?

10/10/2005 10:55:25 PM

if you get a x800pro PCI-e you won't 'notice' much. But by going to PCI-e it opens the door for a lot better options like SLI, 7800GTX...dual vid cards (not-SLI) without one of them being standard PCI...

10/10/2005 10:57:12 PM

eh, if you upgrade to pci express, you're replacing the motherboard a the very least and quite likely the processor and memory... which is a decent chunk of change. if you're going to put that many new parts in the computer, I'd wait a while untill the x800 agp 8x is actually more outdated and get a dual core system with the option of running SLI (though for most people that's not worth the cost.)

I mean, right now if you've got an athlon 3200+ or better and the x800... you really won't notice HUGE jump in performance unless you buy the very newest components anyways.

what processor do you have in your system now?

[Edited on October 10, 2005 at 11:24 PM. Reason : ]

10/10/2005 11:23:23 PM

Athlon 64 3400+

10/10/2005 11:54:25 PM

completely not worth it.

wait another year and a half.

10/11/2005 1:49:05 AM

definitley not worth it. if you have an x800 series do not bother upgrading for a while. You will see no increase in performance when switching to PCI-e given the same hardware. Don't pay $500 more for the same performance. If you already have the hardware then stick with it.

10/11/2005 4:12:44 PM