Measuring the Benefits of AGP: Is PCI-Express Necessary?
 

For the gamer, however, PCI-Express is going to be a non-issue. Given that most games today barely stress the AGP 2x bus, moving to double AGP 8x isn’t going to do anything. It’s the equivalent of widening a highway no one drives on. Had AGP developed in the direction it was intended to things might be different, but it didn’t. Now, to some extent, it’s a solution to a problem no one has.

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"You’ll just be throwing money away after hype. The reality is, in many cases we're barely pushing AGP 2x, sometimes 4x. 8x, despite now being two years old, is mostly hot air."

Sometimes, the truth is so hard to take; unbelievable.

"Is PCI-Express a bad idea? Not at all. It cuts manufacturing costs and simplifies trace design; from that perspective alone it’s a smart advance. But don’t confuse “smart advance” with “performance advantage.”"

So, the price for video card would drop; lower cost = lower price?

"PCI-Express on Desktop Likely to Offer Very Little Performance"

Time to reschedule where to spend the hard earn money.