AGP now or PCI-E later??

[mechluke]

Guys i own a celeron d 345 overclocked to 3.4 ghz 2gb ddr 333mhz ram a raptor 74gb and a geforce 6600gt.My question is if i replaced my 6600gt with an 7800gs agp would i have much difference in terms of performance in games or should i just leave it this way and do a major upgrade later with a pci-e card a conroe chip maybe and ddr2 ram?


PS I currently can play COD2 for example in the highest possible detail without FSAA very decently at 1024x768.

 

[PX7800GT]

Its Your Choice Friend ... You Can Buy a XFX 7800GS Extreme Edition and It Would Be A Huge Jump Over 6600GT ... Or Wait For Conroe ... Your System Is Good Allready ... If You Are A Gamer , You Know That Only Graphic Card Matters ... Not Conroe or DDR 2 ... I Get a Good 7800GS if i were you :twisted:

 

[bront]

I'd suggest you wait. You'll end up with a complete system, AND probably a better card (PCI-E cards are generaly faster for cheaper anyway). If you have to, learn to live with a setting or two turned down (Maybe AA turned down or something) to make do, but your $300 will be more usefull later and what you have now should get your through.

If you have to, someone is making an AGP 7800 GT labled as a GS (Gainward I think) with an AGP conversion chip. Go with that, as it's the same price, but throttles the 7800 GS

 

[illicitsc]

buy a gainward 7800gs!!its a 7800gt in disguise

 

[pauldh]

That Gainward has only been seen for sale in the UK so far; supplies are scarce.

Not sure where the OP is from. In the USA ( ) it's nearly impossible to find any Gainward cards for sale, so doubt we will be seeing this 7800GS ever. Hopefully someone else will make one or ATI will decide they want the AGP title back again.

But in the UK, it's 40% higher on OC'ers UK to get the 20-pipe Gainward 512MB compared to say a plain XFX 256MB. That would put this Gainward over $400 USD if we even did have them. This again just screams 7900GT / X1800XT and a PCI-e mobo.