Are you making the move to PCIe this year?

Zardon · Jan 30, 2005, 03:40 PM

please vote!

**MIG-31** · Jan 30, 2005, 03:46 PM

No, ive spent enough money!...and having a few problems with my pc currently.

just can't quite figure out if it's memory(all memory tests show no faults) or motherboard related so may end up needing to spend a little more on this one.but will be cheaper than swapping to pci-e and a new motherboard.

Asmoday · Jan 30, 2005, 03:54 PM

Maybe...

Danhill · Jan 30, 2005, 04:01 PM

No, I'm happy so far this year, my system is going to last me a while I think, maybe next year.

bake15 · Jan 30, 2005, 04:07 PM

yes, within the next 6 months

Shadow Lady · Jan 30, 2005, 04:12 PM

maybe in 1-2 years when the benefits start showing

BWX · Jan 30, 2005, 04:19 PM

I voted no, but if my financial situation changes I probably will.

ToP3koms · Jan 30, 2005, 04:31 PM

Just made the switch myself.

Essence · Jan 30, 2005, 05:39 PM

I got PCI-E last summer

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Bart1987 · Jan 30, 2005, 06:06 PM

I'm not sure. I want to buy a new pc this year. But I'm not sure if I should. It depends on the new products that come out (or not ofcourse) this year.

Sargentwhitey · Jan 30, 2005, 06:15 PM

I'm not quite sure if I'll have enough money

although I wouldn't mind upgrading to one of those Xpress chipsets with a Winchester Athlon 64

Dark Lord · Jan 30, 2005, 06:38 PM

nope. i just bought a brand new rig last june wich i intend to run for atleast 3 years before another upgrade.

CDsDontBurn · Jan 30, 2005, 07:18 PM

i got my rig back in september. Going to keep it until i have it paid off

. Damn interest

eggs420 · Jan 30, 2005, 07:23 PM

Definatly not. I don't plan to move past my 754 socket and 9800 pro until I can snag something dual core..Might..might might might upgrade the 9800 to an x800pro if BF2 isn't too doable on this current card, but that's all I'm going to do..

El Kapitano · Jan 30, 2005, 07:34 PM

I'm unsure as to the immediate benefits up to now (other than the fastest GPU cores are now only PCIe at the moment).

Where're all the PCIe soundcards etc?

kelticknight · Jan 30, 2005, 08:10 PM

spent enough money on current rigs.have x800 xt pe and running smooth.would have to change my mobo and g-card,would cost to much to justify cost.no major diffentance between pci-e and agp for me .will wait a year or more to see

caqde · Jan 30, 2005, 09:23 PM

Going to change over to an Athlon 64 (939-pin) and that is going to cost me more than enough changing my video card with that in my current situation is to much for me right now... Maybe in the second half of this year but I doubt it.

Drakon · Jan 30, 2005, 10:26 PM

No, I just spent money on a new rig. was cheaper sticking to agp than moving to pci-e. this rig should last me at least 2yrs. I do need to upgrade my vid card, but maybe later this year if i can afford it...

qballshalls2002 · Jan 30, 2005, 10:51 PM

Im shooting for it this year, but im just waiting to see what the r520 and NV47/50 will be all about this year.

stl · Jan 30, 2005, 10:52 PM

No,but i will change my mobo Asus P4pe and my P4 2,4.

Just bought a Club 3D X800 XT! Difficult to get xt cards in Sweden....

Dom · Jan 30, 2005, 10:54 PM

Yes, but not yet.

franguinho · Jan 31, 2005, 01:33 AM

maybe... not really sure I'm going to upgrade my motherboard/cpu before my video card though... so it might actually go well into next year!

Callandor · Jan 31, 2005, 08:08 AM

I'm unsure......

germanjulian · Jan 31, 2005, 08:36 AM

no money no cry ah ah ah........

no money.

mike2h · Jan 31, 2005, 08:44 AM

my system is more than fast enough for at least another year. then hopefully i can get a 3.2 extreme & run it up to 3.9 or more. wich will be good for another year.
after that my mb loses its upgrade path & it will be time. pcie should be very mature by then as should sli.
hell could have cell/xdr by then

Jeg · Jan 31, 2005, 09:03 AM

Im running an Athlon64 3500 on a MSI Neo2. There's really no reason to upgrade that.
But if i see an opportunity to sell / trade my mobo for a decent amount, i just might ... :P

mainman · Jan 31, 2005, 09:36 AM

Nop..no money.

Sandok · Jan 31, 2005, 05:04 PM

I got a new mobo last year. Not in the mood to change. PLus no money!!!

Son_of_Thunder · Jan 31, 2005, 07:56 PM

i need a new mobo/proc, but i still don't know if i'll be getting my 470 bucks back or getting a broken down x800xt back from xpcgear.com...damn CC company...a 3 month investigation?

anyways, my system officially crapped out last night. it shuts off the monitor, and then comes up w/ a monitor message that says "please check pc display settings" it used to do that when heavily overclocked, then at my minor overclocks, then at stock w/ only memory overclocked, then last night it did it twice at stock.

...i'm running my system at 133FSB

so those benchmarks i did yesterday for the fastest rig competition will be my last entries for the AMD mainstream, i have no way of defending them. (not that they were that good)

anyways, looking at the neo2 plat and a 3500, maybe a 3200 if i can't afford the 3500.

Vikingod · Jan 31, 2005, 07:59 PM

I'll wait for longhorn to come out before I build myself my dream machine. I would like some of the new fangled standards to take hold before I do.

Jan 30, 2005, 03:40 PM	#1
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bake15 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wigan,UK Posts: 582 Rep Power: 0	yes, within the next 6 months

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BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,665 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	I voted no, but if my financial situation changes I probably will. __________________

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Essence DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 78 Rep Power: 0	I got PCI-E last summer. __________________ [color=Red][color=White][color=White][/color][/color][/color][color=Red][color=RoyalBlue][color=White][color=DeepSkyBlue][color=White][color=DeepSkyBlue][color=White] [/color][/color][/color] [/color][/color][/color][/color] Last edited by Essence; Jan 31, 2005 at 03:42 AM.

Jan 30, 2005, 06:06 PM	#10
Bart1987 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 634 Rep Power: 0	I'm not sure. I want to buy a new pc this year. But I'm not sure if I should. It depends on the new products that come out (or not ofcourse) this year.

Jan 30, 2005, 06:15 PM	#11
Sargentwhitey Has a JOB.. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 1,473 Rep Power: 0	I'm not quite sure if I'll have enough money although I wouldn't mind upgrading to one of those Xpress chipsets with a Winchester Athlon 64 __________________ Mobile:Intel Celeron M 1.5GHz, 40GB WD, 1GB PC24000, Intel Mediocre Graphics 2, SB Audigy 2 Notebook

Jan 30, 2005, 06:38 PM	#12
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	nope. i just bought a brand new rig last june wich i intend to run for atleast 3 years before another upgrade.

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Jan 30, 2005, 07:23 PM	#14
eggs420 my bud > yours Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: chicago Posts: 399 Rep Power: 0	Definatly not. I don't plan to move past my 754 socket and 9800 pro until I can snag something dual core..Might..might might might upgrade the 9800 to an x800pro if BF2 isn't too doable on this current card, but that's all I'm going to do.. __________________ AMD64 2800+ // Chaintech VNF3-250 // 2X512mb PDI ddr400 2-3-2-5 // 80gb 7200RPM WD w/8mb cache // Leadtek 6800GT // 144kbit IDSL Clan -=CCC=- Admin 69.31.96.68 BF2 PUBLIC RANKED SERVER 205.218.65.236 BF2 DEMO SERVER

Jan 30, 2005, 07:34 PM	#15
El Kapitano Most of the 7 dwarfs in 1 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 947 Rep Power: 0	I'm unsure as to the immediate benefits up to now (other than the fastest GPU cores are now only PCIe at the moment). Where're all the PCIe soundcards etc?

Jan 30, 2005, 09:23 PM	#17
caqde HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: US, IL Posts: 502 Rep Power: 64 System Specs	Going to change over to an Athlon 64 (939-pin) and that is going to cost me more than enough changing my video card with that in my current situation is to much for me right now... Maybe in the second half of this year but I doubt it. __________________ AMD Phenom II X4 925 AM3/ Giga-byte MA790XT-UD4P XFX HD5770 1GB / 2x2GB of GSKILL DDR3 10666 8-8-8-23 Samsung SH-S182D DVD-RW drive / Sony Optiarc BD-5300S BD-RW drive Western Digital WD1501FASS(Primary)/Western Digital 15EADS(Secondary)/Western Digital 7500AACS(Secondary)/Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320gb(Secondary)/Western Digital 3200KS 16MB 7200rpm SATAII HD(Secondary) Antec TP-550 / CoolerMaster CMStacker Sound Blaster X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Professional / Creative Inspire 6600 6.1 speakers Samsugn T200HD 20" LCD Monitor / Logitech Internet 350 Black Keyboard Logitech MX510 Mouse

Jan 31, 2005, 08:36 AM	#24
germanjulian Back in London Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,797 Rep Power: 0	no money no cry ah ah ah........ no money. __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Creative X-Fi Extreme Music, 500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA, Lian Li PC-V1100 Aluminum Case Black, etc. http://germanjulian.com /\|\

Jan 30, 2005, 08:10 PM	#16
kelticknight DriverHeaven Knight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: EIRE{great for black stuff ,bulmers cider and Munster rubgy Posts: 1,095 Rep Power: 0	spent enough money on current rigs.have x800 xt pe and running smooth.would have to change my mobo and g-card,would cost to much to justify cost.no major diffentance between pci-e and agp for me .will wait a year or more to see

Jan 30, 2005, 10:26 PM	#18
Drakon DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Floatin'... Posts: 4,957 Rep Power: 56	No, I just spent money on a new rig. was cheaper sticking to agp than moving to pci-e. this rig should last me at least 2yrs. I do need to upgrade my vid card, but maybe later this year if i can afford it...

Jan 30, 2005, 10:51 PM	#19
qballshalls2002 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: USA Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0	Im shooting for it this year, but im just waiting to see what the r520 and NV47/50 will be all about this year.

Jan 30, 2005, 10:52 PM	#20
stl DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	No,but i will change my mobo Asus P4pe and my P4 2,4. Just bought a Club 3D X800 XT! Difficult to get xt cards in Sweden....

Jan 30, 2005, 10:54 PM	#21
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Yes, but not yet.

Jan 31, 2005, 01:33 AM	#22
franguinho Brazilian Fool Join Date: May 2002 Location: São Paulo Posts: 3,380 Rep Power: 0	maybe... not really sure I'm going to upgrade my motherboard/cpu before my video card though... so it might actually go well into next year! __________________ The Aliens mostly come out at night... mostly...

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Callandor Forged on Dragonmount Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 6,875 Rep Power: 256 System Specs	I'm unsure...... __________________

Jan 31, 2005, 08:44 AM	#25
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	my system is more than fast enough for at least another year. then hopefully i can get a 3.2 extreme & run it up to 3.9 or more. wich will be good for another year. after that my mb loses its upgrade path & it will be time. pcie should be very mature by then as should sli. hell could have cell/xdr by then __________________

Jan 31, 2005, 09:03 AM	#26
Jeg DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Rttrdm Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	Im running an Athlon64 3500 on a MSI Neo2. There's really no reason to upgrade that. But if i see an opportunity to sell / trade my mobo for a decent amount, i just might ... :P __________________ MSIK8N Neo2 - Athlon64 3500+ 90nm - 1024DDR400 - Radeon9700@350/290 - 2 x Maxtor 160Gb

Jan 31, 2005, 09:36 AM	#27
mainman Mr. Nobody Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: OmniPresent Nightwatcher Posts: 5,961 Rep Power: 69	Nop..no money. __________________

Jan 31, 2005, 05:04 PM	#28
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 66	I got a new mobo last year. Not in the mood to change. PLus no money!!!

Jan 31, 2005, 07:56 PM	#29
Son_of_Thunder HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 1,441 Rep Power: 50 System Specs	i need a new mobo/proc, but i still don't know if i'll be getting my 470 bucks back or getting a broken down x800xt back from xpcgear.com...damn CC company...a 3 month investigation? anyways, my system officially crapped out last night. it shuts off the monitor, and then comes up w/ a monitor message that says "please check pc display settings" it used to do that when heavily overclocked, then at my minor overclocks, then at stock w/ only memory overclocked, then last night it did it twice at stock. ...i'm running my system at 133FSB so those benchmarks i did yesterday for the fastest rig competition will be my last entries for the AMD mainstream, i have no way of defending them. (not that they were that good) anyways, looking at the neo2 plat and a 3500, maybe a 3200 if i can't afford the 3500. __________________

Jan 31, 2005, 07:59 PM	#30
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,187 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	I'll wait for longhorn to come out before I build myself my dream machine. I would like some of the new fangled standards to take hold before I do. __________________ *How You Can Help DriverHeaven By Using Digg*