Video card #2?

Question

I recently asked about the video card;
So i am ment to go for an AGP card but joelius24 said "tomshardware.com does a nice price comparison for video cards almost every month, its generally not worth it to pay too much for an agp card, because you could just get a better motherboard. so i'd stay under the 100 dollar range. the 7600gt or gs is very nice for the price as of right now. don't listen to the previous guy about having it installed, anyone could do it with 20 minutes and a screwdriver, and the card will come with installation instructions."
I cant contact you so i had to make anohter topic just to ask you something.
Why isnt it worth paying alot of money on an agp card?
Why get a better motherboard? (my one has 155 gbs and buying a new motherboard costs 100-200 aswell as ill have to get a good
video card for it?)

So what is the difference between an agp card and a pci-e card? i mean they both have the same stuff to play all new games (pixels etc)

All i need to know is;
Why isnt it worth paying alot of money on an agp card?
Why get a better motherboard? (my one has 155 gbs and buying a new motherboard costs 100-200 aswell as ill have to get a good video card for it?)

So what is the difference between an agp card and a pci-e card? i mean they both have the same stuff to play all new games (pixels etc)

Answer 1

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Q:Is PCI Express Video Faster than AGP Video?
A:Yes and No. A 16x PCI Express connection is at least 190% Faster than AGP 8x but this is the connection between the system and the video card. You use the connection the most when your video card is low on memory or when the game you are using uses a Direct X or Open GL feature that isn't supported in hardware.

So, what this means is that in terms of real world performance there may not be a huge difference between AGP and PCI Express if you are talking about identical chipsets. Unfortunately this is very hard to prove because graphics chipsets are designed either for PCI Express or AGP. If you have a card that is available in both forms then you have a graphics chipset that was designed for PCI Express and has a special bridge chip installed to let it comunicate with the AGP bus. The short of this is: if two cards of the same chipset are available in AGP and PCI-E then the PCI-E one will always be faster. On PCI-E you don't have the overhead of the bridge chip so it's faster, and you have the better bandwidth so in intense situations such as high resolution gaming you'll come out on top every time.


agp is being phased out and will be replace with pcie. just like ddr1 to ddr2 RAM.

Answer 2

The extra memory on the cardboard, the less the computing device memory or internet site report utilization would be used. A gig on a video card is extra advantageous than sufficient for many video games. Having 2 enjoying cards in SLI/Crossfire positive aspects an benefit that 2 enjoying cards will artwork to sell off processing as properly as PhysX rendering for Nvidia. this would advance physique fees, assist you to pink meat up eye candy. It additionally creates extra warmth and desires a great skill grant. the subject is, video games could help this selection for that setup to artwork. in case you have 2 enjoying cards and a sport would not help SLI/Crossfire, then you definately benefit not something. it is your determination a great video card or 2 mediocre. you are able to examine the boards and get techniques from what purchasers are saying on the subject of the enjoying cards you're watching.

Answer 3

seems good advice to me.
all depends what you want it to do.
games playing now requires a really good graphics card (also helps during multi-media apps as well) if on the other hand you enjoy a few older games and mainly use the pc for internet/work etc then an AGP will be good enough.
remember though, the 'life span' of your average pc is very short as new hardware is being shipped out daily it seems.
best advice is to not compromise, buy the best you can reasonably afford and dont force yourself to spend a lot of cash that you dont really need to, although the benefits of upgrading the mobo will be nice to have, there is also the possibility that new memory, and possible cpu will have to be bought as well.

swings and roundabouts, so they say ;)

Answer 4

Almost all new motherboards now will be PCI-E as they work faster and more efficent than the AGP bus speeds, soon AGP cards will no longer be available - at the moment as they are fading out they are becoming more expensive and harder to get hold of.

Answer 5

If your motherboard is a good one and you are satisfied with it keep it no need to fork out for a new one. Update your graphics card its easy to do
You can find instructions on how to do it on my web site here
http://www.geocities.com/[e-mail]/index.html

Hope this helps you

Answer 6

well i guess that could work.