How long till the 7950GS AGP is released?

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Too_Much_Coffee ® wrote:

No One wrote:

Too_Much_Coffee ® wrote:

I don't know either.

If I Google '7950GS AGP' I get quite a few hits but they are
mostly forum comments. I would be very surprised if this

isn't

the card nVidia releases to challenge the 1950PRO, but I

could

be wrong.

Waiting and watching.


TMC



How can AGP keep up with a 7950?


How can AGP keep up with an X1950Pro? nVidia isn't going to let
ATI have the AGP market so they have to come up with something,
IMO.


TMC




Why? How large can the top end AGP market be? PCI-Express has been out
nearly 3 years. Even at my local computer retailer the number of AGP
cards available is dwarphed by the PCI-Express cards. They sell more
PCI-Express and AGP as well. Further, your typical AGP setup will run
Vista way too slowly.

The high-end and top-end AGP markets are huge. Millions of
people haven't bought into the PCI-E hype, or have no reason
to, at least not yet. The AGP doomsayers have been around
for nearly three years and by now they've lost all credibility.

No One wrote:
Too_Much_Coffee ® wrote:

No One wrote:

Too_Much_Coffee ® wrote:

I don't know either.

If I Google '7950GS AGP' I get quite a few hits but they
are
mostly forum comments. I would be very surprised if this

isn't

the card nVidia releases to challenge the 1950PRO, but I

could

be wrong.

Waiting and watching.


TMC



How can AGP keep up with a 7950?


How can AGP keep up with an X1950Pro? nVidia isn't going to
let
ATI have the AGP market so they have to come up with
something,
IMO.


TMC




Why? How large can the top end AGP market be? PCI-Express
has
been out nearly 3 years. Even at my local computer retailer
the
number of AGP cards available is dwarphed by the PCI-Express
cards.
They sell more PCI-Express and AGP as well. Further, your
typical
AGP setup will run Vista way too slowly.

With Vista (Aero) being released soon, I would guess that quite
a few people (millions) want to upgrade their computer. All they
need to get their system up to speed is a graphics card. The
CPU, memory, PS and mobo work fine. Also they don't want to have
to reinstall all their software. I would say that the sale of
AGP cards will increase over the next few months.

TMC

On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:56:50 -0800, "Too_Much_Coffee ®"
wrote:

First of One wrote:
"Too_Much_Coffee ®" wrote in message
. ..
I don't know either.

If I Google '7950GS AGP' I get quite a few hits but they are
mostly forum comments.

There exists an Arctic Cooling-equipped, highly overclockable
512
MB 7900GT AGP in the form of Gainward's 7800GS+, available for
a
price at Overclockers.co.uk. Stop waiting. :-)

I would be very surprised if this isn't the card nVidia
releases to
challenge the 1950PRO, but I could be wrong.

Remember, any board partner can integrate the HSI bridge and
produce an AGP card like Gainward has done.

That's what I mean really when I say ATI or nVidia. I think we
will see a BFG 7950GS OC AGP soon. Within the next 1-2 months;
maybe sooner.


Nope, never. Obsolete within the next 3 months.

8300 or 8600 AGP maybe. Vista/XP/Dx10/Dx9 compatible, etc...

See:-

http://www.dailytech.com/NVIDIA+G8x+...rticle5768.htm

John Lewis