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WANTED OPINIONS: I've been taking a good look at Oblivion's memory management. It seems to run at a commit charge of ~900MB after 2 hours. At least HALF of that has been assigned by XP as Virtual Memory. That's pretty annoying since I have a GIG of RAM. Some have stated that 2GIG of RAM...

I didnt know there was a deal thread. I've gotta say maybe I should ebay this unopened for $330 and buy the 7800 GS? Probably not worth it.

I'm very surprised. My $200 x850 XT (with a $50 rebate) actually shipped after being on backorder for weeks. I thought for sure they were not going to honor that rediculous misprice. Heck I saw it yesterday at CompUSA for $499! I've got mixed feelings about this because I actually wanted...

That Microcenter deal is a ghost. Everyone is on backorder including... me. At least on the internet orders. I saw a x850XT AGP just yesterday at CompUSA at a nice bargain price: $499! Whoohoo! I should have jumped all over that LOL!!!

Its worth noting that the Anandtech review of the 7800GS was a 375MHz core. If this ships with a 400MHz core... well that would be more ;) It might be interesting to see if eVGA takes it a step even further with copper sinks?

Exactly. They know their marketing. AGP users need stopgap cards not ultra high end. They also want to push the preception that AGP < PCI-e from a performance standpoint. Its just marketing - but I'm happy - a 7800GS is exactly what an aging AGP high end system needs.

Isnt the $200 x850XT a myth though? I'm on backorder for one and I'm pretty certain Microcenter is NOT going to honor those orders. Its really a $350 card making the 7800GS that much more attractive. Same performance as a x850XT or slightly better, future proofed against 3.0 shaders and...

Don't get me wrong, I'm on the Microcenter $200 backorder for an x850 XT myself, its a fine card especially for that money. But for me a stopgap card has to at least last 1 year and with Oblivion and Gothic 3 coming out - graphically frightening to say the least. I don't know what their shader...

Unfortunately I think an X850 XT (or any X800 type) is a bad choice. Its fast on todays games but within less than a year the lack of shader support will really hurt those buying it. Personally I'd rather have a slightly slower card and 3.0 shader support. FEAR should be a good indication...

I noticed a couple mentions of people wanting x1900 AGP. Personally, I'll be happy with a 7800GS because it will buy me a year or longer on AGP before the inevitable PCI-e rebuild. Doing it right now would be pretty wasteful - my machine is still very fast. On the other hand buying a $500 AGP...