Just wondering, does an old AGP 4x card (like a Radeon 7500) perform better or just as well as the best PCI video card available (like a Geforce 5700 LE)?

oops, i mean Geforce 5500 PCI, I dont think theres a PCI version of 5700 LE

4x66(bus speed)=256 whereas pci is 33 mhz unless your talking about pci/e than different than pci david

If you are comparing pure processing power versus bandwidth, it'es an interesting question. Fact is, the 5500 is a pretty decent card, and the 7000 is pretty low end. I would think given the 7000 only came with 32 or 64 meg, the 5500 with 128 would have double the amount of pure data handling ability, so either.... the graphics will be fast but jerky on the 5500 at too high a setting, but the 7000 will just be jumpy throuhgout. Given the choice... I'd probably go with the 5500 pci (cause then I'd buy a FX5950 AGP 8x and use the 550 as my quad monitor layout, but that's a WHOLE OTHER DEAL! :-)

There are a few PCI versions: APOLLO nVIDIA GeForce FX5700LE Video Card, 128MB DDR, DVI/TV Out, PCI Model Jaton nVIDIA GeForce FX5700LE Video Card, 128MB DDR, 128-Bit, TV-Out/DVI, PCI Model It would be interesting to compare these with comparible AGP cards in the same system.

Do you mean PCIExpress? Than it'd be faster than AGP. The Radeon 7000 is probably regular PCI, making it dog-slow compared to an AGP or PCIE card. BTW XxxFrancisxxxUSA: I don't think the FX 5950 comes in an AGP version, in fact, I think that extra "50" at the end means that it's a PCX card. BUT-the 5900 is an AGP8x. Does the FX 5500 come in PCX? Or do you mean it's just a regular PCI version? I didn't know they had one for the 5500. Maybe you have it backwards- or I'm reading you backwards.