I would agree with Tumbleweed in most cases. My case was different. I had a new 6800GT that I wasn't going to waste so I bought the board I am using as well as the 3700+ SD.
There is a very good rumor floating around that ATI intends to release the R520 aka Fudo in AGP and PCIE versions. This thing is to be a monster with 32 pixel pipes and core speeds over 600 mhz. Also, fudo has broken the 10000 3Dmark05 barrier as a single card solution which is considerably better than the newest 7800GTX is doing.
Hmmm, do I buy a board? Maybe, it depends on benches and prices but do not allow a board to be the final deciding factor. AGP 8X has not reached it's full potential and there will be at least one future high end card released on the AGP platform.
I have a feeling that Nvidia will follow suit. Nvidia is using the fact that they released first to sell 7800GTX cards and nforce 4 motherboards. ATI will change their minds for them when the R520 is released.
