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Old June 1st, 2007   #87 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Thief^ View Post
To be honest, if you've got an AGP 8x motherboard it's only a problem if you want to use a really recent card that is pci-e only, but if you're building a pc get a pci-e board, as value pci-e graphics cards do exist and it's more future-proof.

DON'T get a combo AGP/pci-e board, as the AGP socket is likely to be emulated on a pci or pci-e bus (reduced speed and/or compatibility) and the pci-e socket is likely to be only x8 connected (also reduced speed and/or compatibility), not to mention that these combo boards are hideously expensive. They're not worth it!
well, I'm not biulding a new PC, so I'll stick to AGP since I don't have a lot of money, and I cant aford the lated "supreme" VGA cards...
and thanks a lot for the advice on the combo boards! I was gonna look for one, but it seems that I was gonna get kind'a screwed (sorry for the expression)...thanks again
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