7800gs Agp in early Febuary - Page 3

Voltus · 24th January 2006, 10:16 PM

We would all be wise to wait a month or 2 before upgrading to see the coming new Platform from AMD, New cards from ATI and Nvidia, and the introduction of DDR2 ( for AMD ).

for those still Happy with AGP youre probably In a good positon, as all of us who went to 939 in its latter stages, now have yet to see socket AM2 come and eat Up all our Value.

I say if you can get away with Just Buying a Vid card for the next 6 months, its a good move because of whats Just round the corner, it will give you time to research your Big Upgrade ( new Platform )

Over the last 4 months Ive spent around 3.5k On My computer ( upgrading etc ) and it still types this message as fast as My Old AXP.

IN games I had a vanilla 6800 and it was JUST as good ( well almost ) as My 7800GT at Playing BF2.

so yeah.. dont get caught up in the Upgrade Hype. Just get what you can afford and PLEASE be happy with it.

brocke8 · 26th January 2006, 8:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Voltus

We would all be wise to wait a month or 2 before upgrading to see the coming new Platform from AMD, New cards from ATI and Nvidia, and the introduction of DDR2 ( for AMD ).

for those still Happy with AGP you’re probably In a good position, as all of us who went to 939 in its latter stages, now have yet to see socket AM2 come and eat Up all our Value.

I say if you can get away with Just Buying a Vid card for the next 6 months, its a good move because of what’s just round the corner, it will give you time to research your Big Upgrade ( new Platform )

Over the last 4 months I’ve spent around 3.5k On My computer ( upgrading etc ) and it still types this message as fast as My Old AXP.

IN games I had a vanilla 6800 and it was JUST as good ( well almost ) as My 7800GT at Playing BF2.

so yeah.. don’t get caught up in the Upgrade Hype. Just get what you can afford and PLEASE be happy with it.

That’s what I've been saying to all my friends and who ever asks me, seriously there is no need to upgrade just yet.

I'm still sitting on a 875 platform and an x800 xt pe as its fast enough for all games but a 7800gs would be nice to have sm 3.0 and it still would be fast enough for another 1 - 2 years.

The point is the software houses are always running 2 - 3 years behind technology, ok they might implement a new shader later down the track but it still can be run on a older machine at with all the candy on and at a resolution like 1280 x 1024.

I'm just waiting on a few benchmarks from a retail card and I'll be upgrading to a 7800gs unless ATI decide to throw something into the market.

I really can't see ATI giving away a good thriving part of the market to nvidia.

Leopard · 27th January 2006, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by brocke8

... unless ATI decide to throw something into the market.

Sapphire ships Radeon X1600PRO AGP

~$350?

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500MHz core with 800MHz memory, 256MB DDR2, DVI, TV-out, AGP ,supports Avivo...which means a nice HDTV playback, full support for Shader model 3.0 features, resolutions as high as 2560x1600 via dual-link DVI.

AFAIK this has only 4 pipelines, where are the faster cards ATI?

brocke8 · 27th January 2006, 8:54 PM

yes but the x1600 is much slower than the x800 so why downgrade, where as the 7800gs is faster than the x800 xt pe even the x850 xt can't keep up.

Smoken · 28th January 2006, 9:17 AM

For peoples like me - No $$$$ to go the PCI_E route

Its great to hear AGP is not dead - this will make great upgrade from the 9600xt

Bring on the 7800gs

Romen · 28th January 2006, 9:34 AM

Anyone got a price for these 7800gs cards yet? As in, an offical one or something?

brocke8 · 28th January 2006, 4:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Romen

Anyone got a price for these 7800gs cards yet? As in, an offical one or something?

2nd of febuary.

graham_h · 30th January 2006, 8:49 PM

the XFX 7800GS AGP's are available tomorrow. 31st Jan.

Price $529

Leopard · 30th January 2006, 9:50 PM

Still about $80 more than I want to pay for a vid card. Still, I'll check out the AnandTech review now, could be useful for the LAN coming up soon

mugga · 30th January 2006, 10:03 PM

That is very expensive, I think I will settle for a 6800GS AGP.

OzJustin · 30th January 2006, 10:34 PM

Gotta remember XFX tend to be on the expensive side

Hmm still pretty expensive though..maybe if/when it reaches $400ish or just save my cash until big upgrade with G80

Smoken · 31st January 2006, 7:09 AM

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Originally Posted by graham_h

the XFX 7800GS AGP's are available tomorrow. 31st Jan.

Price $529

Thats Farqen way out there - especialy when you can now get PCIE 7800GT's for $460 ish

Voltus · 31st January 2006, 8:02 AM

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Originally Posted by graham_h

the XFX 7800GS AGP's are available tomorrow. 31st Jan.

Price $529

rediculous.

douver · 31st January 2006, 9:48 AM

heh same price premium as most agp cards, essentially cheaper to upgrade to a pci-e board than get one

Akimbo · 31st January 2006, 3:58 PM

phew 3.5k

hope you got a 24" LCD with that?

24th January 2006, 10:16 PM	#31
Voltus Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Planet Bozania Posts: 2,512	We would all be wise to wait a month or 2 before upgrading to see the coming new Platform from AMD, New cards from ATI and Nvidia, and the introduction of DDR2 ( for AMD ). for those still Happy with AGP youre probably In a good positon, as all of us who went to 939 in its latter stages, now have yet to see socket AM2 come and eat Up all our Value. I say if you can get away with Just Buying a Vid card for the next 6 months, its a good move because of whats Just round the corner, it will give you time to research your Big Upgrade ( new Platform ) Over the last 4 months Ive spent around 3.5k On My computer ( upgrading etc ) and it still types this message as fast as My Old AXP. IN games I had a vanilla 6800 and it was JUST as good ( well almost ) as My 7800GT at Playing BF2. so yeah.. dont get caught up in the Upgrade Hype. Just get what you can afford and PLEASE be happy with it. __________________ Corsair 800D - RampageIII Formula - i7 950+NHD14 - Corsair 1600C7 - GTX 570 - Creative X-Fi Fatality - OCZ Vertex2 120GB - 5 x SamsungF3 - Corsair AX850W - Logitech G510 - Razer Naga Mouse - Dell U2711 - Logitech Z5500 - Creative Fatality Headset..

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30th January 2006, 8:49 PM	#38
graham_h Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Brisbane Posts: 1,089	the XFX 7800GS AGP's are available tomorrow. 31st Jan. Price $529 Last edited by graham_h; 30th January 2006 at 8:51 PM.

30th January 2006, 9:50 PM	#39
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27th January 2006, 8:54 PM	#34
brocke8 Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Dundas, Sydney Posts: 1,281	yes but the x1600 is much slower than the x800 so why downgrade, where as the 7800gs is faster than the x800 xt pe even the x850 xt can't keep up.

30th January 2006, 10:03 PM	#40
mugga Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Parramatta Posts: 1,102	That is very expensive, I think I will settle for a 6800GS AGP.

31st January 2006, 9:48 AM	#44
douver Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Brisbane Posts: 444	heh same price premium as most agp cards, essentially cheaper to upgrade to a pci-e board than get one

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