AGP cards... worth it???

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yeah, so I have a radeon 9700 pro right now… would investing in a stronger AGP vid card be worth it? I’m not sure how much better/different PCIe and AGP are from one another… but I dont plan on upgrading my mobo for a while so what would you say?

the 9700 runs most everything very well I must say… but you can tell when ya start overloading it. Plus, alot of newer games will bring it to it’s knees unless everything is turned down a good deal (fear and oblivion for example) which sucks because who doesnt like eye candy, right?

what would you say would be a good upgrade (aka, something that I wont have to swap out in a year) that will do me good for a few years atleast? or is it not worth the waste of $$$?

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AGP is old technology.All the games that are being released are going to bring any AGP cards to their knees. PCI-E 16 is the way to go if you plan on doing any gaming in the near future. The PCI-E is a serial based slot, has 16 buses for maximum through-put. I am in the same boat. I have a 256mb radeon card that is AGP and FEAR is kicking it’s ass. I would wait and change out the MB if you plan on having a kick-ass gaming system.

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Next year, it will be hard to find any decent cards in AGP. Hell, prices will go up for AGP because all the new MoBos will support PCI-e

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My AGP card runs everything that’s current perfectly. :tup::tup:

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what are you running, fetter?

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Not worth is PCI-E is the future.

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AGP cards are expensive now and are not worth it if you’re into the new generation of gaming.

See,when I bought my motherboard (ASrock dual sata) it has both AGP and PCI-E which is sweet.

Recently I bought a X850XT for $160 at newegg,this card is comparable to the 6800 ultra,its PCI-E.Awesome deal,it’ll play anything out there.

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Radeon X700 Pro it kicks alot of ass for me!

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PCIe FTW

I have my 7800GT and it is very nice, I can run pretty much anything at fulls specs with little to no slow down.

If you are really worried about gaming, do what others suggested and get a new MB and vid card

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AGP is fine if you don’t feel like doing a complete upgrade.

when you get around to changing out the MOBO, something else will come along, and you can do it all at once.

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i pretty much agree with everything everyone has posted.

i always have this in mind about hardware - i always think about what software / applications i intend to run and then build my system around those needs. its kinda like cars in that sense - if you’re living in a place with lotsa twisties, get a car that is able to handle those twisties rather than a car with lotsa lean. Of course you could get a car / computer that can do everything, but there is a high price to pay.

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If you are rebuilding, go PCI-E. If you don’t feel like doing that in the next 12 months, you can pick up a good card in AGP that will do you just fine for not a ton of money.

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