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<blockquote data-quote="Stormfalcon" data-source="post: 1695443" data-attributes="member: 11604">Instead of panicking about PCI Express and basing purchases based on its arrival, it's probably smarter to take a wait-and-see attitude towards that (as well as BTX).&nbsp; It'll take a while for true PCI Express cards to hit the market (what we're seeing so far are actually AGP chipsets with bridge circuits as far as video cards are concerned...even the planned 6800-series nVidia cards that are to be PCI Express ones use bridge circuits), and even longer for BTX to hit the shelves in appreciable numbers.&nbsp; For all we know, both PCI Express and BTX will wind up being the MCA of the new millenium (how many of us remember MCA?).If you're planning on building a new system, may as well do it now and not worry about PCI Express or BTX.&nbsp; By the time you're ready for a replacement, it's likely that both technologies will have matured and will have proven their worth, assuming they've done either.&nbsp; Even if you outgrow your new system within a year, the appearance of PCI Express and BTX will not shove AGP or ATX into the technological dustheap right away.&nbsp; There'd be too much inertia on the part of the industry at large.&nbsp; You'll likely still be able to use your cards and other parts for a while yet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormfalcon, post: 1695443, member: 11604"] Instead of panicking about PCI Express and basing purchases based on its arrival, it's probably smarter to take a wait-and-see attitude towards that (as well as BTX). It'll take a while for true PCI Express cards to hit the market (what we're seeing so far are actually AGP chipsets with bridge circuits as far as video cards are concerned...even the planned 6800-series nVidia cards that are to be PCI Express ones use bridge circuits), and even longer for BTX to hit the shelves in appreciable numbers. For all we know, both PCI Express and BTX will wind up being the MCA of the new millenium (how many of us remember MCA?). If you're planning on building a new system, may as well do it now and not worry about PCI Express or BTX. By the time you're ready for a replacement, it's likely that both technologies will have matured and will have proven their worth, assuming they've done either. Even if you outgrow your new system within a year, the appearance of PCI Express and BTX will not shove AGP or ATX into the technological dustheap right away. There'd be too much inertia on the part of the industry at large. You'll likely still be able to use your cards and other parts for a while yet. [/QUOTE]

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