AGP 8x vs PCIe

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Any opinions on the new PCIe video cards. Has anyone compared the 2?

 

[Rob]

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currently there really isn't a performance difference... perhaps in the
future, however they're already talking AGP express.

"newsreader" <newsreader@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> Any opinions on the new PCIe video cards. Has anyone compared the 2?
>
>

 

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newsreader:

> Any opinions on the new PCIe video cards. Has anyone compared the 2?

Doesn't matter, AGP will die and die quickly, PCI-E is the way to go.
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Mac Cool

 

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>Doesn't matter, AGP will die and die quickly, PCI-E is the way to go.

Yeah OK.

 

[Rob]

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"Mac Cool" <Mac@2cool.com> wrote in message
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> newsreader:
>
>> Any opinions on the new PCIe video cards. Has anyone compared the 2?
>
> Doesn't matter, AGP will die and die quickly, PCI-E is the way to go.
> --
> Mac Cool

They're already saying PCI-E is dead and AGP-E will be the way to go... Who
knows what
will happen.

 

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Rob wrote:

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> "Mac Cool" <Mac@2cool.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns95A1BF10B1FBMacCool@24.25.9.42...
>> newsreader:
>>
>>> Any opinions on the new PCIe video cards. Has anyone compared the 2?
>>
>> Doesn't matter, AGP will die and die quickly, PCI-E is the way to go.
>> --
>> Mac Cool
>
> They're already saying PCI-E is dead and AGP-E will be the way to go...
> Who knows what
> will happen.

Who's backing "AGP-E"? Not Intel. Does anybody else in the industry have
enough clout in the market to beat out Intel?

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--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

 

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wow!

"Rob" <rob@nospam.com> wrote in message news:YJTld.2940$063.2063@trndny03...
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> "Mac Cool" <Mac@2cool.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns95A1BF10B1FBMacCool@24.25.9.42...
> > newsreader:
> >
> >> Any opinions on the new PCIe video cards. Has anyone compared the 2?
> >
> > Doesn't matter, AGP will die and die quickly, PCI-E is the way to go.
> > --
> > Mac Cool
>
> They're already saying PCI-E is dead and AGP-E will be the way to go...
Who
> knows what
> will happen.
>
>

 

[Guest]

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>>Doesn't matter, AGP will die and die quickly, PCI-E is the way to go.
>
> Yeah OK.

snappy comeback

 

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> They're already saying PCI-E is dead and AGP-E will be the way to
> go... Who knows what will happen.

No one is saying that. AGP Express is a makeshift solution to put an AGP
slot on a PCI Express board by using the bandwidth of two PCI slots. The
performance of the AGP Express slot is terrible. AGP-E is definately not
the way to go.

 

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"newsreader" <newsreader@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> Any opinions on the new PCIe video cards. Has anyone compared the 2?

All over the place. Since it's an immature spec, performance is actually
lower in some instances. It's just a gimmick to maintain some exclusivity
and hype people into upgrading. AGP 8x throughput ain't even close to being
saturated yet. By the time PCI-E makes a difference, the current crop will
be long obsolete.

>
>

 

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"Nerdillius Maximus" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> "newsreader" <newsreader@rogers.com> wrote in message
> news:XcadnQzvgcdkWArcRVn-iA@rogers.com...
>> Any opinions on the new PCIe video cards. Has anyone compared the 2?
>
> All over the place. Since it's an immature spec, performance is actually
> lower in some instances. It's just a gimmick to maintain some exclusivity
> and hype people into upgrading. AGP 8x throughput ain't even close to
> being
> saturated yet. By the time PCI-E makes a difference, the current crop will
> be long obsolete.

You're right, the bandwidth of PCI-E isn't needed at the moment, it's way
ahead of it's time. The only advantage will be the SLI mode but most boards
I've seen only have one PCI-E slot...