AGP 6800GS now in stock and available

[themusgrat]

There's another thread that is the same thing, and you can unlock the AGP version. http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/geforce_6800_unlocking/page2.asp

 

[RussianSensation]

With X850XT for $200, 6800GS AGP cards better come with 450mhz 16 pipeline gpu because even a full fledged 425mhz 6800Ultra can't beat ATI's offering in shader intensive games.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: themusgrat
There's another thread that is the same thing, and you can unlock the AGP version. http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/geforce_6800_unlocking/page2.asp

'cept it isn't the GS . . . it's the 6800NU or standard.

 

[foghorn67]

I got a quick question.
Looking at VGA charts isn't always the answer. But will a 6800GS AGP rock my 5900XT enough to make it worth it. I know that is a good deal, but will it be a noticable speed difference? Like in the holy moly that was fast factor.
I'm trying to make one last hurrah with my AMD 64 3000 754 setup.
Next year will be geared more towards Vista and all the other technical achievements I will miss otherwise.
It seems my setup aged fast.
I'm stuck with PC3200, SATA 1 w/o NCQ, defunct socket, and of course no PCI-E.

 

[Wolfshanze]

But will a 6800GS AGP rock my 5900XT enough to make it worth it.

The short answer is HELL YEAH... and that's a stock AGP 6800GS.

I initially upgraded from a FX5900 (the first 'vanilla' one which was faster then the XT) to a 6600GT, and the speed upgrade was definately noticeable... the jump from a 5900XT to a 6800GS would definately be big.

 

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: Chriz

Originally posted by: Avalon
$220 for a 350mhz core, 12 pipeline card. You can probably get a 6800GT for less than $30 more, and it'll be faster.

Or not. I can't seem to find many left. Weird.

6800GT's in AGP are very expensive. The cheapest one I saw was on the AT price engine from allstarshop, was a OEM XFX for 259, but it's no longer available, and that's still 30 bucks more than the GS. From there, it jumps another 30 bucks and keeps going up, very expensive.

True, they do seem to be. I did not realize that their supply had started drying up. I was just remembering back when everyone wanted the PCI-e 6800GTs and the AGP ones were going for dirt cheap, close to $200 used/refurbed at one point.

 

[BlacKJesuS]

Got a 6800nu....doesnt unlock...got like 40mhz on core and 70mhz on ram....Should i upgrade to that x850XT?....i play bf2 and hl2 stuff AND i work next door to microcenter.... >>

 

[Captante]

Originally posted by: Chriz

Originally posted by: Avalon
$220 for a 350mhz core, 12 pipeline card. You can probably get a 6800GT for less than $30 more, and it'll be faster.

Or not. I can't seem to find many left. Weird.

6800GT's in AGP are very expensive. The cheapest one I saw was on the AT price engine from allstarshop, was a OEM XFX for 259, but it's no longer available, and that's still 30 bucks more than the GS. From there, it jumps another 30 bucks and keeps going up, very expensive.

On Newegg right now theres an Asus 6800GT for $253.49... well worth the $33 extra IMO.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121192

 

[BlacKJesuS]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814125210


Dual 6800GTs oc/able to 6800U.......is it worth it to go quad???

 

[NoStateofMind]

Originally posted by: Captante

Originally posted by: Chriz

Originally posted by: Avalon
$220 for a 350mhz core, 12 pipeline card. You can probably get a 6800GT for less than $30 more, and it'll be faster.

Or not. I can't seem to find many left. Weird.

6800GT's in AGP are very expensive. The cheapest one I saw was on the AT price engine from allstarshop, was a OEM XFX for 259, but it's no longer available, and that's still 30 bucks more than the GS. From there, it jumps another 30 bucks and keeps going up, very expensive.

On Newegg right now theres an Asus 6800GT for $253.49... well worth the $33 extra IMO.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121192

Hope I haven't missed anytything, but I think this thread is all about AGP upgrades. That one you linked is PCIe. So yeah, does no good.

 

[NoStateofMind]

Originally posted by: BlacKJesuS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814125210


Dual 6800GTs oc/able to 6800U.......is it worth it to go quad???

PCIe, and no.

 

[foghorn67]

awesome. from somebody that had a 5900 themselves...now I am getting me a 6800GS.

 

[Wolfshanze]

Like I said foghorn, I went from a FX5900 to a 6600GT, and the jump was very noticeable, especially in DX9 games like Doom-3 and FarCry. I'm now using a 6800GT and loving it (my wife now has the 6600GT).

You'll notice a BIG improvement from the FX5900XT to a 6800GS for sure, especially on DX9 games. Now if you can unlock the 6800GS, that's even more power to you, but even if you never run the GS over stock speeds, it will be a big improvement over your GeForce-5.

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: RussianSensation
With X850XT for $200, 6800GS AGP cards better come with 450mhz 16 pipeline gpu because even a full fledged 425mhz 6800Ultra can't beat ATI's offering in shader intensive games.

I think they finally sold out of all of these cards. Now all the people who waited for the 6800GS have backed themselves into a corner were they can either get a 6800GS or an X800XL for more than this X850XT was selling for. They should've jumped on it when they had the chance. Even when the X850XT was $250 AMIR (all last month) it was a better deal than than either of these cards.

...athough, I would be interested to see how the AGP varieties of the X800XL and the 6800GS compare.

 

[Wolfshanze]

Now all the people who waited for the 6800GS have backed themselves into a corner were they can either get a 6800GS or an X800XL for more than this X850XT was selling for.

There should be no more of a need to bash people over the head with an ATI card for wanting an NVidia card, then getting bashed over the head with an NVidia card for wanting an ATI card.

Maybe some people just prefer SM3.0 over a few FPS, or perhaps they like the driver support better... differing cards have differing advantages and disadvantages over each other... no one card wins in every department. Differant strokes for differant folks.

 

[i4edge]

Got a question. I'm building a rig now and it's kind of getting out of hand .

I got two 20" 1600x1200 monitors and need to drive them at full resolution for work. I need them attached to the same machine.

I just assumed I could get a dual-dvi card (6800GT) and run both monitors off that. Then if I wanted to game just hook up a good big CRT.

After looking at the specs they only do like 2048x1536. Is this per DVI port or total so that I can only drive two monitors at 1024x768?

IF that is the case would I need two 6800GS? Would I need to link them SLI on a SLI board?

Or can I go with a none SLI board and use one 6800gs and another generic card for the second monitor?

HEre is what I am looking at now:

Asus A8N Premium (will consider the A8N32 Deluxe If needed)
two 6800gs
enemax elt500awt liberty
two cosair valueselect 1gb unbuffered pc3200 ram
AMD Opteron x2 170
Case - p180
Monitors (have) Proview 20" 1600x1200
two 10,000 36gb WD raptor hd (mirrored)
four Maxtor 200gb 7,000 drives raid 5

Use mainly 3d modeling, photoshop, some animation, lots of word process, spreadsheets, ms project, autocad.

Little gaming.

Anyone see problems with this setup? Overkill? Missed matched?

 

[Wolfshanze]

Talk about drifting off topic! I don't have an answer for you, but I imagine you might get more answers if you just start a NEW thread with the same question, instead of burying it at the bottom of a thread about the availability of the AGP 6800GS.

Good luck!