The current AGP situation - Availability and whats coming.....

Gibbo · 26 Jan 2006 at 16:45

valve90210 said:
As indeed I did at lunchtime, to enquire about these cards. Quick question that I forgot to ask when I was on the phone. I've seen mentioned of 2 versions of the card, one being quicker than the other, is this true and if so what version is the BFG card you have???

Valve

Hi there

We have only the quicker ones.....

valve90210 · 26 Jan 2006 at 16:50

Gibbo said:
Hi there

We have only the quicker ones.....

Oh that's a shame ;o)

Once my bank account has been fed I'll be having one of those then...along with a power supply so I can use it!!!

Should be at least a little bit of a leap from my current Geforce FX5200 card...

)

Valve

ParadoX · 26 Jan 2006 at 17:20

Are you able to say at this time if any of these 7800gs card are single slot size?

sunlitsix · 26 Jan 2006 at 23:54

just stumbled over this :
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1010363

and from his picture the 7800GS is single slot cooling

Tute · 27 Jan 2006 at 19:15

Well aren't OcUK cheeky! I phoned to enquire.. and got teased!

Was told that it was too early to give accurate price, and no certain date either, just "around 7-14 days".

The salesman was called Scott, I bet he enjoyed hearing me suffer on the other end of the phone

Brwmogazos · 27 Jan 2006 at 19:37

Gibbo mate its not looking good is it?

What happened to the days we preordered things and clocked them like madmans?

I still remember you Rambus rig man.you kept that iirc....thats what the story is now for me too...(investing my money on motors too

)

I mean....3.4prescott D0 socket 478...mach 2 gt cooled...ic7max3 and a sapphire 9800pro flashed to XT...

What should i do?hardly play any games nowadays...i'd say 2 hours per week maximum...and thats when a new racing sim comes out.Grab a better graphics card now or in a few weeks while i still can?Grab a second hand agp card in a few months time so that this rig is still good to last for 2 more years or keep the raddy and leave the rig as it is..then upgrade from scratch in 2 years or something?

Lanz · 27 Jan 2006 at 19:55

Mr Paul said:
Between £220 and £250, some maybe as low as £200.

I don't think its worth going from my current 128Mb 6800GT to it for a few frames here and there, think I'll just wait for AM2.

It would be quite a bit faster than your Asus 6800, certainly more than a few frames here and there. If your running at 1280x1024 it would be a good upgrade, but if your running games at 1024, then keep your 6800.

[TBR]MadMark · 27 Jan 2006 at 20:06

Hi
On the above mentioned thread at Hardforum,an employee of a electronics retailer in the US claims that the BFG card is clocked at 400/1250 on the box and that he is running the card at 475/1350 with no issues.He also states that his 3dmark 06 score is 3302 using the new 83.40 beta drivers that support the 7800 gs.
I have'nt run 3d 06 yet my score for 05 is 5662,but I would guess around 2250
sys specs are:-

Intel 875 PBZ motherboard
Intel 3.4 Prescott (cooled with Thermalrite XP90+92mm Ystech fan)
Enermax 600w Noisetaker PSU
Enermax CS-527 Case
1 x 120mm Ystech fan (front intake)
1 x 80mm fan (side intake)
2 x 80mm Ystech fan (exhaust)
Bfg 6800 Ultra OC (Agp Aperture on mthrbrd set to 256mb)
2GB Hyperx 400DDR (4 x 512mb dual config)
2 x WD raptor 74GB (raid 0 striped)
Creative X-FI Fatality FPS
Creative G500 PRO Gamer speakers
LG DVD ROM
LG CDRW
Saitek Eclipse Illuminated keyboard
Saitek 3D USB Platinum joystick
Razer Copperhead 2000dpi mouse
Philips 109-P4 19" CRT monitor

If those clocks are genuinely achieveable would it be worth me upgrading,or is this a taster card with a gt/gtx variant appearing in a month or so.Surely if this card is using the G70 then it will be more effecient/faster than the 6800's NV40 especially with AA/AF/HDR turned on.

Cyber-Mav · 28 Jan 2006 at 15:21

does anyone know if the video processor on these 7800 cards for agp work or if they are busted like my 6800nu?

Raelthorne · 28 Jan 2006 at 18:01

Since I cant afford to update my entire PC to a PCI-E system at the moment, is it worth going from an 256MB X800XT PE to a 256MB 7800 GS ?

Otherwise I'll have to upgrade the lot waaayyyy down the line in 2+ years

JonnyGLC · 28 Jan 2006 at 18:36

Raelthorne said:
Since I cant afford to update my entire PC to a PCI-E system at the moment, is it worth going from an 256MB X800XT PE to a 256MB 7800 GS ?

Otherwise I'll have to upgrade the lot waaayyyy down the line in 2+ years

Uhm, it actually costs just as much, if not less, to get a PCI-E motherboard and a 7800 GT.

marc2003 · 28 Jan 2006 at 19:22

A random name said:
Uhm, it actually costs just as much, if not less, to get a PCI-E motherboard and a 7800 GT.

most likely a new psu would be needed too. and you're also assuming everyone is on a64....

Yaka · 28 Jan 2006 at 19:36

Cyber-Mav said:
does anyone know if the video processor on these 7800 cards for agp work or if they are busted like my 6800nu?

think its fixed in 7800's

and its more than just a mobo upgrade for those of us with a shuttle :rolleyes:

Cyber-Mav · 28 Jan 2006 at 19:39

if it is fixed then thats reason enough for me to upgrade. also my second pc got an upgrade from a xp2000 to a xp3200 and its still with the ti4200 so it makes sense for me to get a new card and give my old 6800nu to the second pc.

ParadoX · 28 Jan 2006 at 20:17

Yep there are quite a few of us with shuttles and high end athlon xp's who have no need to ditch a whole pc to get a new graphics card. This 7800GS will do nicely thankyou

Cyber-Mav · 28 Jan 2006 at 21:18

however its price must hit a sweetspot otherwise its not gonna be any use to me
has to be below 200 quid to be of any real use.

peetee · 29 Jan 2006 at 10:46

it better not be below £200 or there be hell to pay, since iv just bought an x800xtpe for £175

i guess i could always bash it in and claim on warranty and sell it on though

marc2003 · 29 Jan 2006 at 10:55

below 200 notes? i very much doubt it.

peetee · 29 Jan 2006 at 11:09

even at £200 or £210

id be a bit gutted, am i right to beleive ther'll be a substancial number of these produced and they'll be around for a fair while?

peetee · 29 Jan 2006 at 11:24

hmm if these are really about £220 i might just ebay the x800xt pe iv just got, it was fairly cheap since i got it from the US and i could probably sell it for about the same as what i bought it for, maybes £5 or £10 less, i do play a fair amount of games and im a bit disappointed with how much sm3 seems to be taking off now as it leaves me unsupported.. does anyone have any more accurate approximations of price + release date? as ill have to get my x800xt pe on ebay