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Old 29-08-2007, 10:09 AM   #1 (permalink) Top
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Question By 2008 I plan on upgrading this 2 yr old mobo, just hopin' for advice

I currently own a Socket 939 ASUS A8V Deluxe mobo AGP 8X VIA K8T800 PRO chipset mobo. I wonder if it would be worth my while to upgrade to a PCI-Express (2x, or 4X, or whatever PCI-E speed). I've been real happy with ASUS in terms of mobo's, and still plan on staying with AMD CPUs. I buy a lot of my periphs at NCIX stores, and was hoping readers on these forums would give me some good advice. I've set my sights on the following mobo & CPU:but I'm currently stuck on which GPU (Graphics Card) I should stick with. I know it'll never be an ATI! MAINLY NVIDIA GPUs do it for me. Here's a list of new PCI-E NVIDIA GPUs I've checked out details on:

EVGA E-GEFORCE 8600GTS 675MHZ 256MB 2.0GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV Out DIRECTX10 Video Card

EVGA E-GEFORCE 8600GTS Superclocked 720MHZ 256MB 2.1GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV Out Video Card

EVGA E-GEFORCE 8800GTS 500MHZ 320MB 1.6GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV HDCP DIRECTX10 Video Card

EVGA E-GEFORCE 8800GTS Superclocked 576MHZ 320MB 1.7GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV HDCP Video Card

I would be extremely grateful for the good advice.

Thank you in advance for your research and advice to help me out.
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YES definitely upgrade to PCI-express. The AGP is all but non-existent anymore so do upgrade.

As for the graphics card, get the 8800GTS superclocked version. simply because you get more value and SPEED for your money.
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