A new AGP King arrives to OcUK, this time its from ATI !!!

Gibbo · 17 Oct 2006 at 12:42

Hi there

For those who wish to stick with AGP until the DX10 transition and need a quick speed bump until VISTA comes out next year but have always preferred ATI cards or thought current top-end AGP was too expensive. Well now there is a solution the new X1950 Pro on AGP. Its performance should be close to equal that of the 7800 GS+ from Gainward possibly yet its quite a bit cheaper. Obviously it will match any STD 7800 GS easily.

So go and check out the ATI AGP section for more info.

Paramount · 17 Oct 2006 at 12:48

Excellent news for those still on AGP!!

Digital Punk · 17 Oct 2006 at 13:00

Wow! Bout time there was a decent AGP offering from ATI.

Very good price, and comes in the shape of a woman too. Nice. :cool:

x1m · 17 Oct 2006 at 13:14

Just what I'm looking for...but I have to wait how long?

What's to say the 7800GS+ won't have dropped price by then?

Gibbo · 17 Oct 2006 at 13:16

x1m said:
Just what I'm looking for...but I have to wait how long? What's to say the 7800GS+ won't have dropped price by then?

Hi there

7800 GS+ is no longer in production, its now EOL just whatever stocks are left in the channel. So something that no longer exist is unlikely to drop in price unless whats left stop selling which is unlikely.

Mitch007 · 17 Oct 2006 at 13:21

Good news, and give those 7800's a run for their money at last... But since i just got myself a 7600GT AGP i can not justify a further AGP upgrade.

IS Leadtek still the only Nvidia AGP 7600GT supplier?

Gibbo · 17 Oct 2006 at 13:24

Mitch007 said:
Good news, and give those 7800's a run for their money at last... But since i just got myself a 7600GT AGP i can not justify a further AGP upgrade.

IS Leadtek still the only Nvidia AGP 7600GT supplier?

Hi there

Yes I believe Leadtek is the only one, but nothing wrong with Leadtek they are a superb brand.

knowlesy · 17 Oct 2006 at 13:26

yeyeyeyeyyeyeyeyeyey no expensive upgrade this year

ACESHIGH · 17 Oct 2006 at 13:30

Digital Punk said:
Wow! Bout time there was a decent AGP offering from ATI.

Very good price, and comes in the shape of a woman too. Nice.

Ill just quote this, as its exactly what i was thinking.
And this was kept pretty quiet. I had heard some rumours but .... damn thats nice.

Gibbo · 17 Oct 2006 at 13:34

ACESHIGH said:
Ill just quote this, as its exactly what i was thinking.
And this was kept pretty quiet. I had heard some rumours but .... damn thats nice.

Hi there

Yes we've known about it for approx 3 months but back then it was just an idea but now its happening.

Punt · 17 Oct 2006 at 14:08

This could well do me until I can afford a full upgrade mid next year!

Hope the performance isn't crippled too much on an AGP port.

You think I'd see much difference from an X800XTPE??

Dutch777 · 17 Oct 2006 at 14:22

Excellent news never thought ATI would continue with agp but well pleased

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Can keep my AGP K8N Neo2 for another year now then do a big upgrade later next year.

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LoadsaMoney · 17 Oct 2006 at 14:35

Punt said:
This could well do me until I can afford a full upgrade mid next year!

Hope the performance isn't crippled too much on an AGP port.

You think I'd see much difference from an X800XTPE??

Definately, the x1950 pro is only about 5fps slower than an x1900 XT, so the difference will be huge, i went from an x800 XT PE to the x1800 XT 512mb, and the difference was absolutley staggering, well blew it away and some. :cool:

mikeo · 17 Oct 2006 at 23:46

Now I wonder if it would be worth upgrading from my X800 pro? or is my P4 3.2 CPU likely to be a bottleneck? (currently using a CRT monitor and most current games run OK at 1024x768).

Oops Dead Again · 18 Oct 2006 at 00:00

Hows she going to fit in my pc?

Cyber-Mav · 18 Oct 2006 at 00:19

Oops Dead Again said:
Hows she going to fit in my pc?

via the agp socket if you have one fool

southy1978 · 18 Oct 2006 at 00:31

will his be considerably better than my current gainward 6800gs 512mb golden sample? might be worth a pop till i do a complete upgrade next year!

NaNd0! · 18 Oct 2006 at 01:03

And they said AGP was dead and buried

Cyber-Mav said:
via the agp socket if you have one fool

ROFL.. next thing someone will be asking about sli'ing them :rolleyes:

Cyber-Mav · 18 Oct 2006 at 01:10

NaNd0! said:
And they said AGP was dead and buried

ROFL.. next thing someone will be asking about sli'ing them

lol

banja · 18 Oct 2006 at 02:24

Does anyone have more specific power consumption details? I've been planning on getting the 7600GT AGP as I'm sure it will run on my Enermax 350w psu. Will this card run on a 350w psu?