thebigdintx
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Would any PCI-e 16x card be better than any AGP 8x card? Or would some of the AGP 8x cards be just as good as some of the PCI-e 16x cards?
celegorm said:i don't think a 6800 AGP could beat a 6600 PCI express, but a 7600 AGP would beat a 6800 PCI express.
PCI express has a much faster bus spead allowing for quicker data transfers, making cards of teh same serise completely different in performance.
alvino said:In terms of bandwidth, yes. In terms of performance, it depends on the video cards you're comparing.
lhuser said:It all depends on how you're looking at it. PCI-E x16 has the biggest bandwith than any other ones.
In terms of speed, that depends on the cores. You could benchmark both 6600GT AGP and PCI-E and the differences would be little. Same core speeds, same RAM speeds. The only difference is that the bandith speed is higher on the 6600GT PCI-E.
Also, AGP bottlenecks the newer cards, because of that missing bandwith.
If you're wondering if AGP will revive, I'm keeping it in mind. It may come back with a better and much faster bandwith and speeds compared to the PCI-E. It takes time.
The only one I think could beat PCI-E would be PCI-X 64.