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  1. 11-11-2003, 07:40 PM #1
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    Next Gen Video Cards

    I heard a rumor that the next video cards (coming out in about 6 months from now) are going to be PCI-Express and not AGP.

    Does anyone know if this is true?
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  2. 11-11-2003, 09:13 PM #2
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    BS. PCI express can run AGP though with a adaptor and in the top slot only I believe. With 0 mainboard out right now having that and the new form factor that would be a very unwise move. They couldnt afford to be out of 2 or so cycles of card sales due to majority not having mobo's to support them. And video market is cut throat-the guys still making agp would dominate sales! AGP will be still made even after pci express is out. Heck pci is still dogging it out! LOL.
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  3. 11-11-2003, 11:48 PM #3
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    yeah i agree. i actually heard that theyre gonna make two different versions of the nextgen cards(AGP & PCIex). but ive always wondered - todays high end cards only sometimes make use of AGP4x, much less AGP8x. how will the ultra bandwidth of PCI express help the performance?
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  4. 11-12-2003, 06:14 AM #4
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    i guess the trend will not be PCIex or AGPXX but the video cards itself having dual GPU's....... look out XGI VOLARI is coming
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  5. 11-12-2003, 08:41 AM #5
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    yeah i think XGI is catchin on to something. and their current top model is only $300. i would imagine that drivers suck though, but if they had a bunch of people on their driver team and could make good drivers, i believe their hardware can shine. there's a review of a couple of XGI cards at Tom's hardware, and the top one performs between a 9700 pro and 9800 pro - except for the places the drivers have bugs.
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  6. 11-12-2003, 02:16 PM #6
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    So Does this mean the 'next gen' graphics cards will fit PCI slots? Hope so since my dell doesn't have an AGP slot
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  7. 11-12-2003, 04:20 PM #7
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    They might, but you'd most likely be wasting your money on it due to the highly limited bandwidth.
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  8. 11-12-2003, 05:26 PM #8
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    YEa, PCI is about as fast as its gonna get. Faster GPU and mem is a waiste on that SLOOOOW PCI bus. Xpress is overkill right now for video. Like mentioned 8x hardly does a dang thing. THis is about changing mobo's and making $ that simple. Only scsi and arrays of multiple gigaethernet cards will benefit.
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