basic agp question

[warpigeon]

Sorry, could probably figure this out on my own- anyway...

Is agp basically dead now for new video cards? I have a 6800gt which is more than enough right now but let's say a year from now I want to upgrade to a faster agp card, will there be a card I can buy and plug into my mobo?

 

[mOeeOm]

Originally posted by: warpigeon
Sorry, could probably figure this out on my own- anyway...

Is agp basically dead now for new video cards? I have a 6800gt which is more than enough right now but let's say a year from now I want to upgrade to a faster agp card, will there be a card I can buy and plug into my mobo?

Probably not...

 

[CheesePoofs]

There will definately be faster cards than yoru 6800gt that will come out on AGP (specifically the nvidia 7xxx series), but they will be more expensive then their PCIe counterparts and will probably be the last new generation released on AGP.

 

[Kogan]

Since you won't be upgrading until a year from now, I'd worry about it then I also believe someone will make some AGP 7800 series cards, or at least ATI will release their next-gen product as AGP. It just wouldn't make any business sense if they were to ignore all computers that are more than a year or two old.

 

[Shadowmage]

nVidia explicitly said 7xxx series will NOT come out in AGP.

ATI explicitly said the R520 series WILL come out in AGP.

 

[suicidalpigeon]

i heard the 520 will be 16 pipes?

 

[Shadowmage]

Does it matter? All that matters is that it'll be competitive with G70 and to G71 or G70Ultra, no?

 

[EightySix Four]

Originally posted by: Shadowmage
Does it matter? All that matters is that it'll be competitive with G70 and to G71 or G70Ultra, no?

polssibly the smartest thing I've heard about the 16 pipe thing all week...

 

[impemonk]

AGP won't die until another 2 years or so. It'll take 2 years, I assume, until AGP is totally phased out and about 1 year for it to start losing popularity. Then again, I live in GUam and things run differently here.