# AGP cards... worth it??? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 14, 2006, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/agp-cards-worth-it/9281 "2006-03-14T07:43:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/agp-cards-worth-it/9281/1 "2006-03-14T07:43:52Z")
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 $$$? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/agp-cards-worth-it/9281/2 "2006-03-14T08:00:19Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![raven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@raven](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/raven)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/agp-cards-worth-it/9281/3 "2006-03-14T10:49:39Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/agp-cards-worth-it/9281/4 "2006-03-14T11:19:43Z")
My AGP card runs everything that’s current perfectly. :tup::tup: ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/agp-cards-worth-it/9281/5 "2006-03-14T11:20:17Z")
what are you running, fetter? ---
**Author:** ![nixad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@nixad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nixad)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/agp-cards-worth-it/9281/6 "2006-03-14T11:21:37Z")
Not worth is PCI-E is the future. ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/agp-cards-worth-it/9281/7 "2006-03-14T13:41:49Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/agp-cards-worth-it/9281/8 "2006-03-14T14:30:25Z")
Radeon X700 Pro it kicks alot of ass for me! ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/agp-cards-worth-it/9281/9 "2006-03-14T15:42:34Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/agp-cards-worth-it/9281/10 "2006-03-14T16:06:26Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![BubbleSparkxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@BubbleSparkxx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BubbleSparkxx)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/agp-cards-worth-it/9281/11 "2006-03-14T16:13:20Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/agp-cards-worth-it/9281/12 "2006-03-14T16:50:49Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/agp-cards-worth-it/9281/13 "2006-03-14T18:08:11Z")
> [@Jack](#): > > 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. :word: