On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 17:52 -0600, michael hast wrote:
> Hey all!
>
> I am in the process of rounding up parts to put together a new
> AMD64. Since I will be buying a motherboard and a video card at about
> the same time, I have come up with the question: Should I use AGP or
> PCI-E. It seems that the PCI-E's are more expensive, and I wonder what
> I will get out of the investment. Also, it sounds like I should go ATI
> or Nvidia on the card. I saw a couple of opinions on that, but which
> one would be easiest to configure for a dual-head display? Since I
> haven't purchased anything yet, I'd really like to know what would be
> the best investment rather than regret it later. Thanks, everybody.
>
I've had the best experience with Nvidia. But let's hear from the guys
running ATI, first.
PCI-E has more bandwidth than AGP. So, in THEORY, your investment
should last longer. However, there is a school of thought that you are
sometimes better to buy a lower cost, but stable technology, and plan on
tossing it in the future. For example, a CPU that costs twice as much,
is usually only 20-30% faster. If you buy the cheaper processor, and
wait 1.5 years, the speed of a mid-priced CPU will be about 100% faster,
yet you've spent the same amount of money, but end up with faster
hardware.
Of course, this ignores any re-installation costs. With a server, you
might be better to spend the extra money, and enjoy a longer service
life.
So, what's the cost difference between the PCI-E and AGP
card/motherboards?
Ken Elliott
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