What is the difference between AGP based video cards and PCI based video cards? Which is better? Are they equal? Tell me what you guys think and the best cards out there are!!!!! MAKE THIS THREAD BURN WITH YOUR THOUGHTS
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What is the difference between AGP based video cards and PCI based video cards? Which is better? Are they equal? Tell me what you guys think and the best cards out there are!!!!! MAKE THIS THREAD BURN WITH YOUR THOUGHTS
agp is waaaaay better than pci. pci is just plain slow when it comes to graphics these days. agp(advanced graphics port) is meant for video so it has way more bandwith than pci does. pci was good for video about 2 years ago. not now. so pretty much what im saying is: pci video cards blow unless your running them on an older computer or a computer that dosent have an agp slot and in that case it would still suck =)
Best vid card out right now is def the Geforce 3. its the fastest out and has the best visuals of any other card. well....the radeon has some killer visuals.....
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My Rig:
Asus A7V-E
duron [email protected]
512 pc-133
geforce 2 mx-400 (205/190)
18 gig HD
custom speakers(they are nice)
12X DVD
crappy 4X burner(but hey it does the job)
yada yada yada
Well, considering new mobo's come with an AGP pro slot for cards with higher voltage, I would say agp is definatetly the edge.
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- Mainboard:Asus socket370 CUV4X-E@256 PC133SDRRAM ugt1Gig
- Video:Asus GeForce2MX V7100 Pure (32MB)
- D Drive:4x/24x CD-RW*
- E Drive:8x/24xDVD-ROM*
- A Drive:3.5" 1.44MB FDD*
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PCI bus=33mhz
AGP bus=66mhz(x2 or x4)
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750mhz Duron
MSI K7T Pro2-A
64mb pc100 Hyundai RAM
64mb pc133 Micron RAM (both running at CAS2 133mhz)
8X4X32 Phillips PCRW804 CD-RW
20GB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM ATA-100 HD
VisionTek Geforce3
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Logitech Ifeel Optical mouse(real fun with games that support it)
Altec Lansing ACS33 speakers and one subwoofer
Keyboard:Cheap POS OEM(who cares it works fine for me)
Phillips 107S 17" monitor