cesspool17

I'm in the process of building a new computer and am stuck at the crossroads.

Should I sell my BFG 6800GT AGP and build a PCI-E based system? Considering I paid a pretty penny for it last year, the prices are dropping, and everyone is trying to dump them, it would seem like a waste to sell it for $300

How long do you think I can hold onto this card if I build an AGP based system...possibly an AMD 3800+ with 2GB dual channel DDR....

FunkyFresh

Depends. How long do you usually go between upgrades?

One advantage of going with a PCI-E system is that you'd have the option of SLI (now or down the road). And if you go PCI-E, you stand more of a chance at being able to upgrade your video card later on without having to upgrade your mobo too.

But you've already got a perfectly good video card now. So the choice becomes: upgrade your video card now, or upgrade your mobo later?

If it were me, I might stick with my good video card, cause right now the $300+ you'd spend on a new PCI-E video card wouldn't give you much if any performance boost over your existing card. (But I don't mind being a generation or two behind the times, either.)

For all the things computer equipment is, a good financial investment isn't one of them...

Highperf15

Just give that 6800GT to me........

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Quote: Originally Posted by Highperf15 Just give that 6800GT to me........

I was gonna say that.

j-dogg

I'll give you a dollar for it. That's more than the other two are asking for it.

Albedo

Seriously.. can you give us a real price that you would sell it for? Remember, we're your fellow pimps...

SexyPants

I'd sell it. A 7800GT can run you only 400, which is definately a worthy upgrade

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Quote: Originally Posted by cesspool17 I'm in the process of building a new computer and am stuck at the crossroads.

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konai_konai666

For me, its never really been about 'what I was missing' graphical-feature -wise in the game as much as fine-tuning it for my LCD, and having playable framerates, too. In my case, 640x with 2x AA looks better than anything even with AA between that and 1024x, putting me in slighly warmer waters than i'd prefer for the likes of F.E.A.R -caliber games.. This (non-digital) TFT's performance really boils down to the pixel -to- native apesct ratio thing, I guess. I'd stick with anything AGP BFG until it naturally broke (hopefully not making you wait 10 years, -that could be a possible downfall to this theory as 10 years to about ANY PC equip would pretty much render it salvage as far as complete functional use, perhaps old HDD's aside, or even the high GPU's of today if used for a display output pourposely), but hopefully, by the time it decided to croak, the 7800-series+ GPU's would be all that was available to replace it with.. Otherwise, another plan would be running it until it was below 30 FPS avg in most new games at your preferred res/detail, then selling it for maybe somewhere likely between $150-200 mid-2006 and the 7800's would likely hit the sweet $300 pricing point, making the transistion likely as financially smooth as possible.
What i'd do at the point of owning a card of 6800+ caliber, tough, is wait and buy one of the first DX10 pieces when they arrive (projected) fall next year to accomodate the major graphical leap into Vista.

BigAkita

That card will last you a while yet. Instead of shelling out $400 plus on a new video card and taking a loss on your current one, just get a decent $100 motherboard. Then, a year down the road or so when you need a new card, you can pick up a new board and not have a whole lot invested in the old motherboard.

cesspool17

Quote: Originally Posted by BigAkita That card will last you a while yet. Instead of shelling out $400 plus on a new video card and taking a loss on your current one, just get a decent $100 motherboard. Then, a year down the road or so when you need a new card, you can pick up a new board and not have a whole lot invested in the old motherboard.

Ya, that would also beat selling it for a 1$, sorry J-Dogg. At this point, I think I'm going practical, especially since the Sub on my megaworks 510D just friggin blew....

looks like $100 agp mobo, 6800GT, 3800+, 2gb ram....should last me a while...now to find a good Mobo that supports X2 and 1GB sticks of dual channel

Supersteve9219

Quote: Originally Posted by cesspool17 I'm in the process of building a new computer and am stuck at the crossroads. Should I sell my BFG 6800GT AGP and build a PCI-E based system? Considering I paid a pretty penny for it last year, the prices are dropping, and everyone is trying to dump them, it would seem like a waste to sell it for $300 How long do you think I can hold onto this card if I build an AGP based system...possibly an AMD 3800+ with 2GB dual channel DDR....

I wouldnt........
but im not made of money

Michigan PC

it's not worth it yet, you will need the upgrade eventually but u are not at that point. Just my $.02