Card Upgrade Query AGP/PCI-E?

[Fire_Fox]

Hi all,

Not long back I upgraded my graphics card to a nvidia 6600 and due to a card fault had to return it for a refund as no alternative AGP card was available in store (local PCWorld). I've had a look around and noticed that the PCI-E cards are considerably cheaper and was wondering what (if any) the other benefits of PCI-E were. Obviously I'd have to upgrade my MB to fit one but I figure if the benefits outway the extra cost then it would be worth it.

Thanks in advance for your time.

Dave

 

[Fire_Fox]

Apologies for the delay in replying. Had net access issues. I'm not totally sure on my system specs as am currently at work. It's a P4 3.6 ghz proccessor I think, 120gb hardrive, 512 ram (soon to be 1 gig) current card is the nvidia FX5500.
I'll edit this info when I get home.

 

[Fire_Fox]

Ok, thanks for help so far

Just found out the spec info.

It's a P4 3.0ghz (not 3.6 as I thought earlier),
Not sure of the make on the current MB but it has '648 FX-A' written on it,
yes it's DDR1 not 2,
PSU is a Q-tec 500w.

 

[Fire_Fox]

Sticking AGP looks like my best option for the moment as I can't really afford to upgrade my processor as well. Back to the 6600 or 6800 it is then.
Cheers for the help, very much obligued.