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Who will win? PCI / AGP?

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Who will win? PCI / AGP?

Postby bsxiong » Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:51 pm

hi, i wanted to upgrade my video card, but i don't know which one is the best. Will AGP work the best or Will buying a PCI the best?
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Postby liljim » Sun Apr 03, 2005 4:10 pm

AGP but check your motherboard manual if you have one to see if you support AGP and if so, what speed 4X or 8X.
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Postby Junior_co » Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:52 am

I agree with liljim...

I think AGP has already won the battle... PCI is just hangin on till it's completely phased out and for those out there that run multiple Video cards...

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Postby ColaBoy » Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:30 pm

Yeah but what happens when the new PCI Express Bus comes out,won't AGP become obsolete as well?
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Postby liljim » Tue Apr 05, 2005 12:37 am

PCI-X is already out and it runs at 16X, eventually that will phase out AGP but i think its going to take some time before that happens, atleast until PCI-X cards start to drop in cost.
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Postby ColaBoy » Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:54 pm

Thats good to know. My ageing GeForce 4 card may still have a little life in it yet! ;)
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