I am in the same dilema myself. I like to upgrade my systems piece at a time, but with the architecture change it is not possible so basically have to upgrade the whole system at once. Because of that I am running my current system int he ground. Your card is pretty low relative to other AGP cards out there, so you could still upgrade substantially on the video side before the MB upgrade. Problem is if you are onyl going to do it for a short-time that money may be wasted.