[SilentdeathX]

Ive been lookin around for quiet a while for my new 6600GT and Ive seen many times that the PCI cards cost about 30 bux less... But to me that doesnt seem right, considering that with the PCI card u can get better performance because of the data flowing in and out at the same time of the slot etc... So can anyone explain to me why the PCI prices are lower???

 

[DesT]

Its actually PCI-Express which allows more data transfer and a it requires a different slot than agp or pci

 

[hanwinting]

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Originally Posted by SilentdeathX Ive been lookin around for quiet a while for my new 6600GT and Ive seen many times that the PCI cards cost about 30 bux less... But to me that doesnt seem right, considering that with the PCI card u can get better performance because of the data flowing in and out at the same time of the slot etc... So can anyone explain to me why the PCI prices are lower???

no no not the PCI. PCI is slower than AGP. Its the PCI-Express that is faster than AGP.

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[SilentdeathX]

Haha okay exuse me... I meant to say PCI express

 

[adas]

agp is more expensive then pci-express(not pci) because comanies want to have people buy the newer technology, so they increase the price of the old slots so people buy the newer ones. pci-e is new, so to have demand the prices must be lower....agp is the older format, which companies are trying to make quickly dissapear

 

[SilentdeathX]

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Originally Posted by adas123 agp is more expensive then pci-express(not pci) because comanies want to have people buy the newer technology, so they increase the price of the old slots so people buy the newer ones. pci-e is new, so to have demand the prices must be lower....agp is the older format, which companies are trying to make quickly dissapear

Okay thanx for the knowledge man!

 

[AgentGOD]

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Originally Posted by SilentdeathX Okay thanx for the knowledge man!

From what I know, PCI-Express is 16x bus speed, while AGP right now is 8x. Oh and the GeForce 6800 GT (PCI-E) is $499.99 and the GeForce 6800 GT (AGP) is $399.99.

 

[DigitalPhreak]

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Originally Posted by adas123 agp is more expensive then pci-express(not pci) because comanies want to have people buy the newer technology, so they increase the price of the old slots so people buy the newer ones. pci-e is new, so to have demand the prices must be lower....agp is the older format, which companies are trying to make quickly dissapear

It has more to do with supply and demand than anything. We just had a thread about why Athlon XP prices are skyrocketing. AGP cards are becoming obsolete and slowly being replaced by PCI express. AGP cards are lower in production with about the same demand therefore prices are going up or staying around their original prices.

 

[adas]

yes thats true too....i kind of said that a little worng, but i see it the way u say to. they are making more AGP cards right now though, so i dont get why some are more expensive other then moving in newer products

 

[DigitalPhreak]

Yeah they are still making them but just not on the scale they used to.