AGP 7800s? Or PCI-X only?

And by your reasoning if one card maker were to make a card (even a small
run) based on the 7800 GTX they would own ALL of that market.

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"First of One" wrote in message
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ATi once mentioned that 90% of its high-end cards go to system builders
like Alienware and Dell, all of which ship PCIe systems. The same is
probably true of nVidia.

It comes down to demand and supply. If nVidia's card-makers are selling
every PCIe-based 7800 card they can produce, there is no incentive to make
a more expensive AGP version just for upgraders. The retail market is
subject to large fluctuations (it's what killed 3dfx), so it represents
extra risk.

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"Olaf" wrote in message
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Those were about my thoughts. So I dont understand why nvidia just
ditched AGP. That has to be a large part of the installed market.

olaf

Yep, though it's a very unstable market, made more risky because the cards
cannot be sold to OEMs. If a company is selling every PCIe 7800GTX it could
churn out, only very high margins will persuade it to make an AGP version,
to justify the risk (and the bridge chip).

Remember all the people here swearing they'd never buy an AGP card that
costs more than its PCIe version, because they perform the same?

Do you see any companies making a left-handed gaming mouse? 20-32 million
Americans are left-handed.

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"Doug" wrote in message
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And by your reasoning if one card maker were to make a card (even a small
run) based on the 7800 GTX they would own ALL of that market.

Actually, if you get yourself a card with Turbocache or Hypermemory, the
PCIe x16 bus will be used to its fullest potential. Trouble is, "fullest
potential" is still nothing compared to local memory bandwidth.

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"McGrandpa" wrote in message
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There is some sort of inherent latency involved with PCI-Express, there'd
have to be, or it WOULD yeild the screaming bandwidth it was touted to
deliver. It simply doesn't at this time.