I have two computers I wish to install video cards in.
One is an AMD Athlon 64 based system, in which I plan on installing an ATI card.
The other is a slightly older 1 Ghz Intel Celeron, in which I wish to place an NVidia product.
Is my information correct, in the AMD/ATI and Intel/NVidia combinations? I was told these are the best cards with my processors.
Lastly, which is the better choice, AGP or PCI? I have plenty of PCI slots available in each, along with an AGP slot and on board video in both systems.
2006-09-08 15:51:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
If you're talking strictly PCI and not PCI-Express, AGP is faster. As for the ATI/AMD Nvidia/Intel combination, I've never really heard of one brand of card working better with one board over another.
2006-09-08 15:55:38 · answer #1 · answered by Ronin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The progression of discrete graphics interface technology goes something like this PCI -> AGP 2x/4x -> AGP 4x/8x -> PCI Express x16 -> PCI Express 2.0 Each has better bandwidth and provides more electrical power than the last. If your computer is only a year old, chances are it has PCI Express x16, don't worry about PCI Express 2.0, both the cards and the slots are backwards compatible to PCI Express x16. Check to see what your motherboard supports. There is a chance that it is still AGP. They still make some competant graphics cards for the AGP slot. Just buy what is supported, either way you should be doing better than onboard video.
2016-03-27 03:33:53 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you only have a choice between PCI & AGP go AGP every time.
AGP stands for "advanced graphics port" and uses later and better technology. If however you have a PCI-E slot in either computer I would recommend that you use this over AGP for the same reasons stated above.
2006-09-08 17:31:48 · answer #3 · answered by ianrose01 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do not confuse PCI with PCI-Express. They are two different things. If you are a gamer aim for an AGP card with fastwrite support. I have both an elsa falcox ATI 9800pro on one computer and an MSI nvidia 6600gt on the other. I would definetly choose elsa as the best manufacturer of cards. (they make proffesional stuff too so they know what they are doing).
2006-09-08 16:23:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use the AGP slots for your video cards. They are designed especially for that purpose. I would use NVidia on both, especially if they will be used for gaming. The 3D on NVidia is hard to beat. Leave your PCI's open for other expansion cards such as video capture.
2006-09-08 17:53:26 · answer #5 · answered by mittalman53 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just get a AGP card for both systems. I prefer amd/nvida, doesn't really matter amd/ati intel/nvidia works all the same.
2006-09-08 17:57:06 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
compare this geforce 5200 fx in pci and agp modules
pci bandwith 500mb
(it also depends upon how many pci card you have plugged in such as ethernet, sound card etc.)
agp 8x bandwith 4gb.
i think your intel celeron cannot support agp 8x but it can run at 4x
buy a geforce 6600gt $100
http://www.tigerdirect.com
http://www.newegg.com
2006-09-08 22:21:48 · answer #7 · answered by Sniper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use the AGP slot for what it was made for and use your PCI slot for other things. Just keep it simple.
2006-09-08 16:41:13 · answer #8 · answered by smiley0_1_1999 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
agp is the better one because the bandwidth is higher then on the pci, pci-express is even better because the bandwidth is double of the agp, the combinations are fine
2006-09-08 15:56:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
AGP are generally better for video graphics cards if you are running high resolution graphics applications.
2006-09-08 15:57:57 · answer #10 · answered by Michael S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋