x800xt in agp or pci e

[kayl_lucas]

guys please help me in this one

i have amd athlon 2800+ 754 socket
gigabyte triton agp motherboard
i have msi 6600gt agp card im plannin to buy x800xt AIW

please tell me if its ok to buy the agp card or just change the motherboard alone to pci e and buy a pci e card if so what motherboard should i buy for my processor help me in this one

if possible please give me links

 

[pauldh]

Um, not enough info really. The X800XT is far superior to your card. It would only be worth going PCI-e if you plan on going with a 7800GT, X1800XL, ot higher. Otherwise, the AIWX800XT AGP is cheap(I just got one for $230) and will give just as good perfomance as a PCI-e card of that price. If however you spend more, the 7800GT is clearly faster. I'm thinking that the A64 2800+ will bottleneck the 7800GT in some games. Nothing wrong with either route. It depends what you want to spend and how much work you want to put into a new mobo and OS reinstall. Persoanlly, I'd got X800XT AIW on that S754 cpu over a new mobo and PCI-e card. But it depends on your games, monitor, resolution, needs, and budget.

 

[kayl_lucas]

please tell me where you get x800xt agp for 230$ please

 

[pauldh]

Mine came from Buy.com. It was $259.99 - $30 rebate, shipped free.