ClayMeow Posted November 25, 2005 Posted November 25, 2005 ohh Im gonna try that with my close to death 9600XT 583939[/snapback] I'd say go for it, but then I wonder wtf you're doing with a MAC to test it with Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted November 25, 2005 Posted November 25, 2005 I'd say go for it, but then I wonder wtf you're doing with a MAC to test it with 583945[/snapback] Whoever said I had one, or it was mine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted November 25, 2005 Posted November 25, 2005 Whoever said I had one, or it was mine 583948[/snapback] k, just checking Then I'd say DEFINITELY go for it. Only thing better than blowing up your own computer, is blowing up someone else's Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikaze_Badger Posted November 29, 2005 Posted November 29, 2005 AGP is being replaced by PCI-E for things such as SLI and workstations which take advantage of all the bandwidth they can use. No, Vista will not require 16 lanes of bandwidth (sorry SG). No, PCI-E is not fully future-proof, but neither is socket 939, so you decide. Intel has things such as PCI-E2 coming out, and there's Socket M2 (if either of those come out, of course. 3rd Qtr. M2 is... a long way away). However, it'll be awhile, so upgrade to PCI-E now if you can I guess. If we're lucky, PCI-E2 will follow PCI-X 2.0 with backwards compatability. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Yuck Posted November 29, 2005 Posted November 29, 2005 Is AGP dead? Will a good AGP Video card run the newest games? It's not dead yet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagash Posted November 29, 2005 Posted November 29, 2005 Not dead. It just doesn't have any future. So basically AGP is the high school drop-out of PC hardware. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigr Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 it is not dead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper Threaded Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 Not quite dead yet, there are still some hot cards out there rocking AGP. For my purposes, AGP is my only option now seeing as the AIW X800XT only comes in AGP. I like having all the extra DV stuff so I can watch/record telly and all that jazz. Until a PCI-E card does that better, I'll stick with my aiw x800xt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 there's an x800xl and x1800xl all in wonder for PCI express now...so I guess you'll have to switch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tirian-64 Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 not dead, but dying. Its really the industries fault. PCI x 16 graphics really have no use yet, and pci e devices have only recently emerged (my understanding) and even high end agp cards dont saturate the 8x bus. the added bandwidth is nice with SLI and crossfire however. but as stated before, can an agp 8x card still run the newest games? sure as hell can Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean25 Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 It's as dead as the eu constitution Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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