Vid Card Bottleneck?

Silverfox · Jun 25, 2003, 02:54 AM

Seems like within the last year, everyone was upgrading their cpu`s to take advantage of the top of the line video cards, in order to allow the cards to reach their full potential. Now I have read several reviews, that indicate the cpu`s, mb`s, and now with the pc3700 memory, are too fast for the current crop of video boards, thus making them the bottleneck! In around 4-5 months Intel will release the prescott, and Amd the 64. So my question is what is ATI and Nvidia doing behind the scenes to keep up! Just curious if the reviews I have read are factual.

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Jun 25, 2003, 04:17 AM

well i think that currently video card have reached there limit bandwith wise with the 8X agp intill the agp updates. They now have 256 Megs of v-ram which i think is very well at a good limit. So now its up to ATi and Nvidia to up the cores!

Silverfox · Jun 25, 2003, 04:29 AM

That`s my point and concern also! After alot of folks spend 700 to 900 bucks upgrading their rigs, but still have only the 128mb vid cards, another 4 to 500 bucks for a 256mb vid card sure isn`t chicken feed! But I guess that`s business as usual.

No_Style · Jun 25, 2003, 04:51 AM

PCI-Express will be the solution to the bandwidth limitation of AGP8X.

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Jun 25, 2003, 04:55 AM

ya i heard about that, but will that be backward compatable with older PCI cards? and what is the bandwith on that?

Silverfox · Jun 25, 2003, 09:50 PM

Here`s an article I found on pci express. It may be outdated, but if not, the statement about having to purchase a whole new rig in order to utilize video cards incorporating pci express dont sound to good.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=7885

Jun 25, 2003, 02:54 AM	#1
Silverfox HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 296 Rep Power: 56	Vid Card Bottleneck? Seems like within the last year, everyone was upgrading their cpu`s to take advantage of the top of the line video cards, in order to allow the cards to reach their full potential. Now I have read several reviews, that indicate the cpu`s, mb`s, and now with the pc3700 memory, are too fast for the current crop of video boards, thus making them the bottleneck! In around 4-5 months Intel will release the prescott, and Amd the 64. So my question is what is ATI and Nvidia doing behind the scenes to keep up! Just curious if the reviews I have read are factual. __________________ Silverfox

Jun 25, 2003, 04:29 AM	Thread Starter #3
Silverfox HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 296 Rep Power: 56	That`s my point and concern also! After alot of folks spend 700 to 900 bucks upgrading their rigs, but still have only the 128mb vid cards, another 4 to 500 bucks for a 256mb vid card sure isn`t chicken feed! But I guess that`s business as usual. __________________ Silverfox

Jun 25, 2003, 04:51 AM	#4
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	PCI Express PCI-Express will be the solution to the bandwidth limitation of AGP8X. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Jun 25, 2003, 09:50 PM	Thread Starter #6
Silverfox HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 296 Rep Power: 56	Here`s an article I found on pci express. It may be outdated, but if not, the statement about having to purchase a whole new rig in order to utilize video cards incorporating pci express dont sound to good. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=7885 __________________ Silverfox

Jun 25, 2003, 04:17 AM	#2
~~Sourcer_2002~~ BANNED Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Indiana , USA Posts: 2,677 Rep Power: 0	well i think that currently video card have reached there limit bandwith wise with the 8X agp intill the agp updates. They now have 256 Megs of v-ram which i think is very well at a good limit. So now its up to ATi and Nvidia to up the cores!

Jun 25, 2003, 04:55 AM	#5
~~Sourcer_2002~~ BANNED Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Indiana , USA Posts: 2,677 Rep Power: 0	ya i heard about that, but will that be backward compatable with older PCI cards? and what is the bandwith on that?