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Gainward bring you a 512MB 7800 GT for AGP!!!!
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Going to Cali said:
That is a seriously tasty mod
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True enough, but now you also have an alternative option that avoids the hassle of changing multiple components and offers an upgrade path whilst you wait for DX10/Vista/AM2 to shake itself out?
If we're really honest, sensible doesn't usually come into it when we're upgrading our PC's. I didn't really need to change my graphics card and processor 4 times in the last 18 months now did I?!
If we're really honest, sensible doesn't usually come into it when we're upgrading our PC's. I didn't really need to change my graphics card and processor 4 times in the last 18 months now did I?!
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By the way Going to Call, thumbs up for that mod here too! Given me an idea now! 
hmm, need to price up a new system, also will wait till the 31st of march before i order card may come on this week only.
also the pci-e version of this same card is 40 quid cheaper so it doesn't seem to be that expensive compared to the pci-e card.
if i want the same card on pci-e then its gonna cost me more than £40 to get a new board and cpu.
also the pci-e version of this same card is 40 quid cheaper so it doesn't seem to be that expensive compared to the pci-e card.
if i want the same card on pci-e then its gonna cost me more than £40 to get a new board and cpu.
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so....
who can tell us why we had to fork out for PCI-e when they can make cards run the comparative speed 3 generations into the PCI-E march after AGP has "died"?
its clear they can make cards like the 7800GT/X run just as fast via AGP as PCI-e.
the cynic in me says blatant cash in to bring costs down and to force. yes force. user upgrade paths?
who can tell us why we had to fork out for PCI-e when they can make cards run the comparative speed 3 generations into the PCI-E march after AGP has "died"?
its clear they can make cards like the 7800GT/X run just as fast via AGP as PCI-e.
the cynic in me says blatant cash in to bring costs down and to force. yes force. user upgrade paths?
Nickg said:
Just the usual bs of evolving tech, to me pci express is good for one thing, multiple vid cards and nothing else yet. AGP bandwidth has STILL not been saturated yet, ati or nvidia could bridge the x1900xtx or 7900gtx to agp with no problems, god only knows they done enough bsing about how good thier bridge chips are yet they've barely been used. If an x1800xt came to agp id dive on it, seen tons of people wanting it done yet nothing.
Maybe this kind of release by gainward could make ati and nvidia take more notice of agp users.
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its about time us agp users got some good cards. games like fear been taking the wee out of us. gonna have to get one of these cards. just gonna wait and see if the price drops or if someone else comes out with another card to rival this one.
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Well done Gainward, this is a seriously tempting piece of kit, but i would be well pi55ed off if bought one and suddenly an x1800 or x1900 appeared in AGP format.