Fastest current AGP card

[INGlewood78]

someone tell me what the fastest current AGP card is?

 

[JPB]

x850 xt / 7800 gs ?

 

[Extelleron]

It would be the eVGA 7800GS SuperClock.

Actually, there is a GW 7900GT in AGP, but it's EXTREMELY expensive and I dont even know where you can get it.

 

[Noema]

7800gs.

The X850XT will outperform it slightly in some games, however it doesn't support features like SM3.0 or HDR.

It's a bit pricey, though, at about $300 clams.

 

[TheGoat Eater]

not in the US- GW isn't selling in our market anymore

 

[Noema]

Originally posted by: Extelleron

Actually, there is a GW 7900GT in AGP, but it's EXTREMELY expensive and I dont even know where you can get it.

Yeah, it is a limited edition that will not retail in the US. It will cost $500+ from what I hear (about 350 pounds).

For that money you can get a nice SLI PCI-E mobo and a 7800GTX, which would no doubt outperform it, seeing as to how a 7800gs is barely faster than the 6800Ultra, heh.

 

[Extelleron]

Originally posted by: Noema

Originally posted by: Extelleron

Actually, there is a GW 7900GT in AGP, but it's EXTREMELY expensive and I dont even know where you can get it.

Yeah, it is a limited edition that will not retail in the US. It will cost $500+ from what I hear (about 350 pounds).

For that money you can get a nice SLI PCI-E mobo and a 7800GTX, which would no doubt outperform it, seeing as to how a 7800gs is barely faster than the 6800Ultra, heh.

The GW 7900GT AGP isn't a 7800GS, it's a 7900GT.

But yes, I believe you can only get them in Europe.

 

[Skott]

I got the eVGA 7800GS CO Superclock in one of my PCs. Its a great card and I reccomend it if you are trying to get one more year out of your AGP gaming system. About the only game the x850XT dominates in is FEAR and only by a small margin. Everything else is either a draw or a win for the 7800GS CO Superclock. The 7800GS has the newer technology so I'd say its superior but if price is a major concern get the cheaper of the two. The regular 7800GS runs about $280-$300 online and the eVGA 7800GS CO Superclock runs about $305-$325 online last I looked. Not sure what the x850XT is going for.

If your whole system is quite dated though and you're a gamer it'd would be wiser in the long run to just upgrade to a whole new PCIe system. I'd wait till June/July though for the new AM2 and Conroe chips to come out and see what prices are going to look like.