PCI Express: will it still be the standard in 2yrs

[Gardan]

I just bought a new game and well, my PC more than meets the recommended requirements in all areas except for the Video card. Unfortunatly, I have an AGP8x video slot and pretty much every newer Video card now of days is PCI express.

If I buy a new computer now, would I run into the same problem in 2 years? I have scowered the internet but have found no answers other than that PCIe 2.0 will be coming out sometime in early 2007.

 

[Grated]

PCIe 2.0 is backwards compatible... Most probably everything will still be PCIe in 2 years

 

[prozac26]

AGP had quite a long lifespan.

I don't see them moving onto a new interface, unless they need more bandwidth, and currently, PCI-E 16X cards don't even use half of the 16X bandwidth.

 

[Grated]

They will move to PCIe 2.0 but the slots stay the same, just some higher speeds (but backwards compatible with PCIe 1)

 

[morpheous_2812]

Imho, even if a new interface were to appear and replace PCI-E, PCI-E video cards will still be available for quite a while.

Unless you have the patience to wait, if not, get a motherboard which has a PCI-E 16X slot. This board should be able to fit your needs nicely, since high end video cards now all have the PCI-E interface, which should allow you to play the games you want for now.

I have the same view as Grated. Most likely PCI-E will still be here in 2 years. A new standard might come out by then, but most manufacturers will still produce PCI-E video cards for consumers, just like now, AGP cards are still available for some people who only want to upgrade their videocard but not their whole system.

 

[NaDa]

I recently bought a PCI Express 939 mobo cos I want to reuse the cpu and memory I already have at the time I decide to buy a better GPU.
I am not really afraid of the PCI bus speed but of it's power. I think the new 2.0 standard has more power and those new video cards dont look like they will need less and less power.
But then again this power could be added trough the additional connectors.

 

[prozac26]

They will move to PCIe 2.0 but the slots stay the same, just some higher speeds (but backwards compatible with PCIe 1)

It'll be for more power thought the slot, basically the main reason, so not much of a significant upgrade.

 

[Gardan]

Thanks everyone for your advice!