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shorthair:

--- Quote from: Chris G on March 05, 2007, 05:20:24 pm ---Also see:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=63938.0

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Ah, thankyou.  Yeah, I haven't decided if I want to upgrade the processor in my PIII (my question in the PIII 600' thread), or just get a new set-up with PCIe x16....or stick with AGP cos over here ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_card ), it seemed that AGP x8 was faster cos of higher clock rate.

Bobbler:

--- Quote from: shorthair on March 05, 2007, 05:40:30 pm ---
--- Quote from: Chris G on March 05, 2007, 05:20:24 pm ---Also see:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=63938.0

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Ah, thankyou.  Yeah, I haven't decided if I want to upgrade the processor in my PIII (my question in the PIII 600' thread), or just get a new set-up with PCIe x16....or stick with AGP cos over here ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_card ), it seemed that AGP x8 was faster cos of higher clock rate.

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Seriously mate, there is no difference between them performance wise for Mame, just go with whichever matches the port in your PC I would say.

rockin_rick:
There is another consideration regarding AGP vs PCI-e and that is GPU cooling.  AFAIK, the AGP is passively cooled with a heatsink only, no fan, while the PCI-e has a fan.  I despise graphic card fans due to noise and failure (and am on a silent PC kick - which also makes sense for the mame cab), so I'd choose the AGP unless I had to have the PCI-e.

Rick

Chris G:

--- Quote from: rockin_rick on March 05, 2007, 08:25:04 pm ---There is another consideration regarding AGP vs PCI-e and that is GPU cooling.  AFAIK, the AGP is passively cooled with a heatsink only, no fan, while the PCI-e has a fan.  I despise graphic card fans due to noise and failure (and am on a silent PC kick - which also makes sense for the mame cab), so I'd choose the AGP unless I had to have the PCI-e.

Rick


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That's a good point - I wasn't aware the AGP version wouldn't have a fan.  The original fan on my AVGA card was horribly noisy.  Turned out to be bad (Andy sent me out a free replacement pronto).  The new fan is much quieter and doesn't bother me at all, but it is audible.

shorthair:
Yeah, this is something I'm concerned with, too, but forgot till you mentioned it.  Computers before, say a few/several years ago are LOUD. And I've heard a bit about this fan trouble on cards and am inclined to steer clear of that. Except if I get a new computer, then for the sake of the future, it might be best to go PCIe.

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