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| Thread ID: 58251 | 2005-05-26 05:52:00 | PCI-E vs AGP?? | jones12 (8211) | Press F1 |
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| 358666 | 2005-05-26 05:52:00 | hi Guys, I am looking at a new PC - I had in my mind what I believed would have been a bit of a hum dinger - Athlon 64 3000+, 1 gig ram, 160 gig hardrive etc and the Graphics card would be a Radeon X800 pro (AGP) after getting a few quotes from some PC shops I have found that they have been quoting based on the graphics card being PCI-E. I used to know what all the computer jargon meant but have been out of the game for a while. Please help :help: - what does PCI-E mean? will a ATi Radeon X800 256M PCI-E Bravo Edition do the same job as the X800 pro AGP? someone said that the PCI-E is the way of the future - is this true? Or should I go and crawl under the rock I came out from?? hahaha |
jones12 (8211) | ||
| 358667 | 2005-05-26 05:55:00 | PCI-E is the new format and most definitly what you should be getting on a new comp, However there are no real world benifits over AGP.It comes down to marketing. | Metla (12) | ||
| 358668 | 2005-05-26 06:00:00 | PCI-E is the way of the future but not necessarily the way of the present. Current PCI-E cards are no faster or better than their AGP equivalent. OF course if you do go PCI-E then that also opens the door to SLI, if your motherboard supports it. If you are buying a new videocard go PCI-E, if you plan to keep your current videocard then go AGP. |
b1naryb0y (3) | ||
| 358669 | 2005-05-26 06:07:00 | very nice! what is SLI ? |
jones12 (8211) | ||
| 358670 | 2005-05-26 06:13:00 | SLI is a way of linking 2 video cards (have to be identical) to run as one combining their power, its great for gaming :thumbs: | Overdrive_5000 (4950) | ||
| 358671 | 2005-05-26 06:13:00 | very nice! what is SLI ? SLI (Scalable Link Interface) is a technology that allows you to run 2 videocards to power one monitor, increasing performance by up to 2x More info here (www.slizone.com) |
b1naryb0y (3) | ||
| 358672 | 2005-05-26 06:23:00 | ... increasing performance by up to 2x But in reality about < 30% in games. |
vapo (5203) | ||
| 358673 | 2005-05-26 06:27:00 | But in reality about < 30% in games. Yes, that's what by up to 2x means. :thumbs: |
b1naryb0y (3) | ||
| 358674 | 2005-05-26 06:35:00 | www.tcmagazine.info For a proper review. And remember this always happens. Once people were running around saying nah, don't get a board with PCI, its the new fangled thing, ISA is fine. And nah, don't get Windows, DOS is fine. Etc. PCI-E is it. AGP is on the way out with CRT monitors and horse drawn carriages. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 358675 | 2005-05-26 06:49:00 | DOS is fine. :cool: | Graham L (2) | ||
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