Hello i have registered here because i have been lurking recently and decided you were all very knowledgeable people when it came to computer things!
Anyways. I am planning to completely upgrade my computer over the next 2 weeks or so. It was completely by accident that i decided to do this just as Conroe was launched and AMD drops its prices. I have not decided which processer i will buy but one thing i want to do is get it done before the summer is out so i can enjoy it sometime without lots of work hanging over my head
But one problem i have is that my video card currently, the 6600GT, is on AGP. I do not have enough money at this point to buy a new video card and also buy everything else for my computer. I will have in a month but by that time it will be the end of summer. Also i feel it will be a bit of waste of a video card as i have had it less than one year.
So here is my connundrum, i want to get a Conroe if possible but i assume that there will be not many, if any new motherboards that will support AGP. I will get an AMD 3800+/4200 if i cannot find a motherboard that supports Conroe and AGP together. Can anybody tell me if AGP will be supported on some conroe motherboards?
Also i remember reading on the internet once that AGP 6600GT's infact use PCI-Express arcitecture but use a connector that allows them to be used as AGP cards. If this is the case, can this connector be removed and can the card be used as a PCI-E card? Ideally this would definately be my main choice.
Thanks for reading i appreciate it!
P.S I am building my system from www.ebuyer.com and i am planning of upgrading everything bar the video card.
Anyways. I am planning to completely upgrade my computer over the next 2 weeks or so. It was completely by accident that i decided to do this just as Conroe was launched and AMD drops its prices. I have not decided which processer i will buy but one thing i want to do is get it done before the summer is out so i can enjoy it sometime without lots of work hanging over my head
But one problem i have is that my video card currently, the 6600GT, is on AGP. I do not have enough money at this point to buy a new video card and also buy everything else for my computer. I will have in a month but by that time it will be the end of summer. Also i feel it will be a bit of waste of a video card as i have had it less than one year.
So here is my connundrum, i want to get a Conroe if possible but i assume that there will be not many, if any new motherboards that will support AGP. I will get an AMD 3800+/4200 if i cannot find a motherboard that supports Conroe and AGP together. Can anybody tell me if AGP will be supported on some conroe motherboards?
Also i remember reading on the internet once that AGP 6600GT's infact use PCI-Express arcitecture but use a connector that allows them to be used as AGP cards. If this is the case, can this connector be removed and can the card be used as a PCI-E card? Ideally this would definately be my main choice.
Thanks for reading i appreciate it!
P.S I am building my system from www.ebuyer.com and i am planning of upgrading everything bar the video card.