Nvidia price drop/buying new vid. card
I was wondering if there was a set date or a general time when the Nvidia cards were going to drop in price due to the 7900 series being released. I'm asking because I've been waiting it out to get a new video card forever and a day now. I have a P4 2.66 ghz with an Asus P4C800 Deluxe Mobo, and (drum roll please) an FX 5200 64 mb. Now, you should be feeling my pain right about now.
I want to squeeze more life out of my computer, considering I only go the CPU and mobo about 2 1/2 years ago or so. I was considering an AGP 6600 GT, 6800 GS, 7800 GS (if price drops). Also, if you think there are better equivalants for Ati, let me know. I'm not a Nvidia fanboy, but all more of my knowledge lies in Nvidia, due to the fact that I've always had Nvidia cards.
The main thing I need to know is if I should go ahead and upgrade (if so, what card) or wait for a decent price drop (if there is one anytime soon). I was also wanting to know which range of cards my CPU would start to bottleneck with. I was considering possibly getting a cheap PCI mobo that'd be compatible with my P4 and getting a 7900 GT.
Let me know what you think. I'd greatly appreciate any and all the information I can get. Thanks.
Someone please answer my questions :(
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Originally Posted by mike_w
So far as I know, X800GTO and GTO2 are both PCI Express only cards. I've certainly never seen AGP versions begin sold.
Yes, they are infact sold in AGP form. Newegg sells a Sapphire AGP X800GTO for $165.
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Originally Posted by Aidanjt
The main reason why AGP cards with newer chips are more expensive than their PCIe cousains is the chips are designed for the PCIe bus, so in order to get them to work on AGP bus the board makers need to add PCIe->AGP bridges, which are a bit more expensive.
Not much can be done about it I'm afraid.
I already realize why AGP is more expensive. Please try and answer some of my questions posted above.