PCI graphics card

[Guest JustLanded]

Is there a significant performance difference between the AGP graphic cards and the PCI graphic cards? I noticed some of the new boards come in both configurations. Since I'm sure my AGP slot is only 4X could I get around that bottleneck with the PCI card?GW

[Guest Bigshot]

4xAGP is not a bottleneck. Running an 8xAGP board & card will get you about 2 percent more. An AGP card will run a whole lot faster than any PCI card. About the only real purpose of a PCI card nowadays is if you want to run with two graphics cards for some reason.

[Guest w2sjw]

This is straight from the May issue of Maximum PC on page 10:Motherboard Bus Bandwith Comparison:ISA - 16.7 MB/sPCI - 133 MB/sAGP 1X - 266 MB/sAGP 2X - 532 MB/sAGP 4x - 1.05 GB/sAGP 8x - 2.10 GB/sand the soon to be realeased PCI Express technology:8.0 GB/s !!I hope that answered your question about which card would be better..Scott