- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Master Kim
Right, because PCI-E also supports sound cards, capture cards, and physics cards such as Ageia's PhysX accelerator.
sort of....
In terms of AGP vs. PCI-E, PCI-E is not better because of its extra potential, but because it is just faster. when you compare the two, you can only compare PCI-E x16 to AGP. PCI-E x16 is for video, while PCI-E 4x and 1x don't really have much use yet, although future devices (sound card/physics card) will likely head down that path. although i doubt that the ageia card will survive long, because nVidia is planning to implement physics chips onto their graphics boards so that its all together.
Kim, I would wait to look at motherboards now because once conroe comes out and the newer socket AM2 AMD cards come out you will probably want to just upgrade both your mobo and your proc together.
[Edited on 7/5/2006]