good combo ?

[towly]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131510

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103537

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150102

would that combo work well for an upgrade to 64 bit technology. Im thinking of upgrading next year around march, and Im not sure if I should stay with agp or if I should go with pci-x.

 

[Rick G]

I would recommend the Abit AV8 instead of the Asus. My builds show Abit is faster with default settings, but lots of folks swear by Asus.

 

[towly]

is there an astronomical difference b/t agp 8x and pci-x 16x? Im really thinking about going to pci-x but I dont know if its worth it, in the end Im still gonna have to get rid off the current things in my sig anyway but if I keep AGP I can save my card until I have the money of a 6800gt.

 

[fatal1ty_fan]

you could get a better cpu if you have the money

 

[towly]

cant you oc the venice core allot?

 

[Vampiric Rouge]

cant you oc the venice core allot?

I got my venice core 3000+ up from 1.8 to 2.9 They overclock very nicly.


[/QUOTE=towly]is there an astronomical difference b/t agp 8x and pci-x 16x? Im really thinking about going to pci-x but I dont know if its worth it, in the end Im still gonna have to get rid off the current things in my sig anyway but if I keep AGP I can save my card until I have the money of a 6800gt.[/QUOTE]

Well PCI-X 16 is the future of video. They are starting to stop making AGP cards and are slowly switching all to PCI-X 16. So if you want to upgrade the whole thing in the future then go with PCI-X 16.

 

[Praetor]

I would recommend the Abit AV8 instead of the Asus. My builds show Abit is faster with default settings, but lots of folks swear by Asus.

I wouldnt reccomend either for K8/K9s from either an absolute performance or performance/cost perspective

is there an astronomical difference b/t agp 8x and pci-x 16x? Im really thinking about going to pci-x but I dont know if its worth it, in the end Im still gonna have to get rid off the current things in my sig anyway but if I keep AGP I can save my card until I have the money of a 6800gt.

Absolutely crap all difference as of now since damn near nothing ever really saturates the AGP bus

I got my venice core 3000+ up from 1.8 to 2.9 They overclock very nicly.

As long as u realize just because u got it to work doesnt mean everyone can

 

[towly]

I think ill go with pci-x, agp is slowly being phased out and the difference in price b/t an agp card and a pci-x card isn't that much.

Would my hs/f from my current setup for the amd xp work with the amd 64 or would I need to get a new hs/f.