7800GS not in PCI-E but AGP perhaps?

[otispunkmeyer]

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2005/12/01/geforce_7800_gs_agp/


We contacted NVIDIA's European PR staff for a statement, and quite predictably were told they couldn't comment. Which means for now, we're left with idle speculation and the hopes & dreams of everyone still on AGP.

For those who can't read Chinese, here is a rough translation of the HKEPC forum post:

NVIDIA is showcasing the new 7800 GS to select companies to sell in the future. They say it will be the successor to the 6800 GT/Ultra for AGP owners. They say it'll sport a 375MHz core clock with 256MB of GDDR3 and 256-bit memory interface. Memory at a 1000MHz. All the same technology from a G70 except it'll have 16 pixel pipelines instead of twenty or twenty-four.

 

[crazydingo]

It will kill the 6800GS then, the one XFX is planning to release.

 

[doggyfromplanetwoof]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2005/12/01/geforce_7800_gs_agp/


We contacted NVIDIA's European PR staff for a statement, and quite predictably were told they couldn't comment. Which means for now, we're left with idle speculation and the hopes & dreams of everyone still on AGP.

For those who can't read Chinese, here is a rough translation of the HKEPC forum post:

NVIDIA is showcasing the new 7800 GS to select companies to sell in the future. They say it will be the successor to the 6800 GT/Ultra for AGP owners. They say it'll sport a 375MHz core clock with 256MB of GDDR3 and 256-bit memory interface. Memory at a 1000MHz. All the same technology from a G70 except it'll have 16 pixel pipelines instead of twenty or twenty-four.

I think its stupid...

Why go on and on and on with old tech? It makes people not upgrade and than complain later when they can't upgrade becuase some flunkies from a corporation wants to revive old tech!

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: doggyfromplanetwoof

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2005/12/01/geforce_7800_gs_agp/


We contacted NVIDIA's European PR staff for a statement, and quite predictably were told they couldn't comment. Which means for now, we're left with idle speculation and the hopes & dreams of everyone still on AGP.

For those who can't read Chinese, here is a rough translation of the HKEPC forum post:

NVIDIA is showcasing the new 7800 GS to select companies to sell in the future. They say it will be the successor to the 6800 GT/Ultra for AGP owners. They say it'll sport a 375MHz core clock with 256MB of GDDR3 and 256-bit memory interface. Memory at a 1000MHz. All the same technology from a G70 except it'll have 16 pixel pipelines instead of twenty or twenty-four.

I think its stupid...

Why go on and on and on with old tech? It makes people not upgrade and than complain later when they can't upgrade becuase some flunkies from a corporation wants to revive old tech!

its not stupid at the moment......stupid in the future yes, but as it stands now AGP'ers out number PCI-E'ers, so wheres the bigger market?

theres still alot of people with high end AGP based rigs, that aimply dont need upgrading anywhere except the graphics card.

i bet you could find 10 people straight away who will welcome this news becuase it means they dont have to shell out on a new mobo/chip/gpu just yet

its a hassle having to switch platforms, i know coz ive just jumped from AGP to PCI-E and im still having little niglling tansitional problems. my AGP set up was SOLID as a rock ,and i would of loved to keep that.

 

[CalvinHobbes]

I hate when people say AGP is old technology. Like otispunkmeyer said, AGP is still more common than PCI-e.

How about we get rid of PCI slots all together and everyone with a sound card can buy the new and improved version? Oh and a new motherboard...

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
I hate when people say AGP is old technology. Like otispunkmeyer said, AGP is still more common than PCI-e.

How about we get rid of PCI slots all together and everyone with a sound card can buy the new and improved version? Oh and a new motherboard...

lets change the CPU socket and switch to DDR2 while were at it!

 

[RussianSensation]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer

Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
I hate when people say AGP is old technology. Like otispunkmeyer said, AGP is still more common than PCI-e.

How about we get rid of PCI slots all together and everyone with a sound card can buy the new and improved version? Oh and a new motherboard...

lets change the CPU socket and switch to DDR2 while were at it!

hhaa DDR2, another useless upgrade in the computer world.