Thread: G-force 6800 vs newer models

The descrepancy can be explained by the fact that PCIE is the current standard, and therefore PCIE cards are in mass-production. AGP is obsolete, so fewer are produced and must therefore cost more in order to be worthwhile to bother selling. That's the basic idea, anyway.

Do you plan on doing any gaming? If so, an 8-series card will leave you high and dry. Otherwise, that card is perfect for normal desktop usage.

Hi, thanks for the reply. To answer your question, I am not a huge gamer, but i certainly wouldn't want to downgrade in that light from what my 6800 is, which seems to be a pretty good card for that. In fact, if it was PCIE and not agp, I would keep it! but since i have to upgrade the motherboard switching to pcie seems logical.

I guess I assumed that the 'series' had more to do with the time it came otu than anything, with each series containing lower end models like the 200's (something I just learned) and higher end models like the 800's. But your saying the entire 8 series isn't a very gamer friendly series?

I don't want to downgrade, ideally a little upgrade would be nice since i'm putting extra money into it. But I dont want to spend a ton and i dont need top of the line, just something that can 'handle' some newer games that just came out since this is the last card i'll buy for a while. If nothing from the 8 series, what would you recommend? Should I just throw down maybe $50 and get a pcie 6800? (thanks for that tip btw, I hadn't even thought about com type affecting price) Thanks!

I think he's looking for a PCIE upgrade though and not AGP.

In your case I wouldn't "replace" any parts per se, but build a new system in parallel. My reasoning is that obsolete parts put together into a working system have value, since the system probably works fine the way it is. On the other hand, obsolete parts by themselves will be worthless to you. That would leave your old system intact, and you could build your new rig to your exact specifications.