Waiting for PCI Express

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Right now there are no AMD motherboards with PCI-Express. Is
PCI-Express worth waiting for? Are we looking at the last generation
of AGP? Will buying an AGP motherboard preclude graphic card upgrades
in the near future?

Paul
 
Right now there are no AMD motherboards with PCI-Express. Is
PCI-Express worth waiting for? Are we looking at the last generation
of AGP? Will buying an AGP motherboard preclude graphic card upgrades
in the near future?
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I don't personally think we'll see PCIe motherboards en
masse before next year. Bleeding edge folks might want
to buy one in the next 6 months, but I doubt I'd buy one
sooner then 18-24 months from now. They'll still be
making AGP cards into 2007-2008.

Heck, they still make PCI video cards... although
they're not the fastest or the latest. I expect AGP to
be the same way, vidcard manufs will make them for both
busses until they start selling more PCIe cards then AGP
cards.
 
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