Motherboard! Help

[xodkrm]

Im planning to get a 7600.
The problem is that its PCI-E.
I heard that you need to buy a whole new comp if you want to switch mobos.
Here are my specs:
AMD 4200+ Dual Core
BFG 6600GT OC
1 Gig Stick, 1 250mb stick (Not DDR2)

With these parts, would I be able to transfer them on to a new mobo, witout buying any new stuff except for a video card?

[bluemicrobyte]

I don't have much experience with or knowledge about motherboards, but I think it's rather challenging to swap out a motherboard even if you know what you're doing simply because EVERYTHING is connected to the motherboard and you have to completely take apart the computer to change it.

I would look for a high end AGP card since your other specs look fairly decent - or at least that's what I plan to do, upgrade to the highest available AGP card then wait until I get a completely new computer in 2-4 years (I currently have a BFG 6600GT OC, Intel 3 GHz and 1.5 GB of RAM).

[Neo]

You might just get a cheap pci-e video card as a temporary solution until you can get a better one.

Then again, do you really need pci-e right now? It might be better to wait until you can purchase both a good pci-e motherboard and a pci-e video card together.

Speaking of which, is there really that big of a performance boost between agp and pci-e? :/

-Neo

[Seal]

agp goes up to 8x, pci-e goes up to 16x. agp is only useful for videocards because the response bus is only normal pci speed. pci-e is symmetric, so the whatever card can feed back to the proc as the proc can feed it. pci-e is also needed for SLi setups.

(note: these might not be 100% true, feel free to correct)

[xodkrm]

I need to get a PCI-E Mobo because AGP's are expensive.
My local futureshop sells a 6800 AGP = 7600 AGP

[TheNutCracker]

You should be fine transferring all the parts except the video card. I am a little perplexed about why you bought AGP in the first place, since PCI-E was pretty well engrained by the time AMD Dual Cores came out.