Another 7800 GTX question...

[Elvis2]

is that considered "old school" 😉

 

[hans030390]

no, agp is considered "dead" by nvidia

 

[aka1nas]

I think the GT might have an AGP variant when it comes out. I am not sure if specs are confirmed yet, but it was rumored that it was the same as the GTX w/o SLI capability. If that ended up being the case, there would be no point in an AGP GTX as the GT woul dbe the same thing.

 

[MaverickDBZ]

Nvidia made it very clear in one of there press releases that they will no longer support AGP. I know ATI might come out with something but with all the problems they are having with R520 it's really hard to tell now.

 

[freethrowtommy]

I think your best bet is to wait to see if ATI supports it... if not, wait for the 850XT PEs to come down in price, or swap out to PCI-E, cause that will be the best of the AGP left.

 

[Soccerman06]

There better be a AGP card in the next-gen segment. I meen atleast 50% (probably more) of the computers out use AGP. If only ATI comes out with an AGP card, they will gain a larger % of the market, ATI-28%, Nvidia-20%, Intel-48%, other-4%. ATI has the larger segment because of the 9700/9800 series and the x300s, while Intel has the largest because of the integrated gpus on the mobo.

 

[coldpower27]

ATI has larger segment now, becuase Nvidia hasn't done any IGP chipsets for awhile, but that will change with the C51 or something. Which is a 6200 IGP chipset.

 

[Bona Fide]

While overall, 50% of the users may have AGP, ATI and nVidia have started to cater to the enthusiast crowd, and only 20-30% of us still have AGP. It's time we let go of old tech and moved into the future.

 

[Creig]

Originally posted by: Bona Fide
only 20-30% of us still have AGP. It's time we let go of old tech and moved into the future.

Love to know where you got your numbers from. I'd say there's still more people with AGP cards than PCI-E.

 

[imported_Kensai]

AGP = Dead by nVidia.

 

[Soccerman06]

The thing is, AGP is still part of the mass market and the casual gamer with the Dell POS might get a shiny new video card for christmas and that is where the money is to be made. Remember the enthusiast crowd is 10-15% (people who constatly upgrade to have the best) so the real money is in the casual gamer, like kids in middle school or high school, who cant afford top-tier cards or even mid-ranged cards. I am just saying, theres a huge market for AGP and 1 more round of making AGP cards will benifit ATI much more so than Nvidia, who apparently hates AGP.