In need of advice about a graphics card

[boggyplanet]

hi guys, i got the specs that you can see in my signature...

i'm not satisfied at all with my graphics card and am looking for a replacement. i work with autocad, photoshop and other software that manage heavy graphics, as well as gaming.
so my question is, what's the best card for me if i want to play the latest games with alll graphic functions to the max?

 

[PZEROFGH]

7800GTX rofl

 

[boggyplanet]

i forgot to say... "and not too pricy"

 

[Trifid]

The best you can get on agp is the 6800gt. What about the 6800 GS though?

 

[PZEROFGH]

7800GT only 320 dollars roughly same price as a 6800GT AGP

if this is for pcie16 if for AGP go for a 6800GT then

 

[boggyplanet]

so i got some newbie questions now...

what's better, PCI express or AGP?
is the SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600XT AGP8X 256MB any good?
i live in Chile and it's a lot more expensive here to buy a card then in the USA. or else i'd get the 7800 hehe

 

[PZEROFGH]

PCI express is better just because there are no more cards coming out thats AGP

so it looks like a 6600GT will fit your needs

but your specs are AGP sdo a 6600GT AGP would be fine just because i dont thikn you want to buy a whole new mobo do you?

 

[boggyplanet]

does that mean motherboards aren't going to incorporate AGP slots anymore? cuz i guess PCI express is a different slot that comes only with the new MOBOs.
if so, i was also thinking about getting a new mobo because the one i got is veeery poor in pci slots, it only has 3. this is just because at the time i bought it there were almost no computer parts left at my dealer.

 

[Trifid]

You are not going to like PCIE then. Mine has 3 PCI slots 2 PCIx1 (can't use the one directly bellow the graphics card as it will block air flow, and the other one would still be closer than I would like it to be.)

AGP is being phased out now, so yes. I don't know if Nvidia or VIA will make a AGP chipset next time. AGP boards are still around though, just no new cards for the socket.

 

[boggyplanet]

i just read up on PCIE and what you guys said about AGP not being used for GFX cards anymore... i didn't have a clue that it had gone obsolete, in the sense that there won't be any further development of GFX cards in AGP chipsets. this means i gotta sell my card soon before noone wants it anymore! and get myself a PCIE card. 6600 sounds good. i'm wondering if anybody knows if it has any trouble running the latest games at the highest settings?