I have an old 8x AGP system and...

[ScrewFace]

Gainward BLISS 7800 GS SILENT 512MB GS+ (24-pipes, basically a lower clocked 7900GT). Where in Canada or the United States of America can I get my grubby little hands on one? Thanks.

 

[LLoose]

You will have to find a company that imports, or find somebody who will ship one to you from the UK.

 

[happy medium]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/index.htm

 

[ScrewFace]

Thanks. Is that the only way?

 

[CaiNaM]

that's just sad tho.. always liked gainward, and have owned several of their products in the past (still have my red pcb gf3). hated to see them dump north america

 

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: CaiNaM
that's just sad tho.. always liked gainward, and have owned several of their products in the past (still have my red pcb gf3). hated to see them dump north america

I gave my Gainward GF3 Ti200 away this past year. Still runs like a champ. Loved that card.
<3 Gainward.

 

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I was wondering if the Gainward video card model #{GX-032-GW} was really a 24 pipe AGP card with 512 megs of memory Also is it possible to ship to america?

 

[nitromullet]

LOL, still pimping the $400+ AGP card, eh?

xe.com shows that 234.99 GBP = 441.276 USD

An alternate option to consider...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150144 (7900GT $233 AMIR)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131569 ( ASUS A8N5X $75)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103622 (Athlon 64 3700+ $96.00)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146577 (2x512MB Crucail DDR 400 $119.99)

$440 for a new AGP card or $523 for a new PCIe video card, motherboard, cpu, and RAM...? Tough choice...

Serioulsy, it's time to drop AGP. You will be glad you spent the little bit extra to get a more upgradable platform. Just to be clear, I don't have any motive for suggesting this to the OP. It's his money, and I ultimately don't care how he spends it, I just don't think that recommeding a $400+ card to strap into an aging system is the most responsible recommendation at this point.

 

[Stumps]

Try Ebay.com.AU plenty of them availible in Australia for around the AU$500 mark

 

[happy medium]

Originally posted by: nitromullet
LOL, still pimping the $400+ AGP card, eh?

xe.com shows that 234.99 GBP = 441.276 USD

An alternate option to consider...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150144 (7900GT $233 AMIR)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131569 ( ASUS A8N5X $75)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103622 (Athlon 64 3700+ $96.00)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146577 (2x512MB Crucail DDR 400 $119.99)

$440 for a new AGP card or $523 for a new PCIe video card, motherboard, cpu, and RAM...? Tough choice...

Serioulsy, it's time to drop AGP. You will be glad you spent the little bit extra to get a more upgradable platform. Just to be clear, I don't have any motive for suggesting this to the OP. It's his money, and I ultimately don't care how he spends it, I just don't think that recommeding a $400+ card to strap into an aging system is the most responsible recommendation at this point.

If thats what the op wants. I just answered his question. I have a regular 7800gs.
There on sale for 199.00 bgp with the link I gave him. Thats not bad for a7900gtx agp

 

[jiffylube1024]

It's time to take the PCI-e plunge, my friend! Pick up a cheap but still good NF4 board like the DFI Ultra-D and a cheap CPU (like a 3000+ A64; I just bought one for $30!), overclock the CPU to 2.5 GHz. Sell your current board/mobo/CPU.

Pick up a nice cheap PCI-e card like a 7900GT. With a little planning, you will barely spend any money and get a MUCH more future proof system (and faster, of course!).

 

[nitromullet]

There on sale for 199.00 bgp with the link I gave him. Thats not bad for a7900gtx agp

199 + VAT = 234.99 GBP ($441.27 USD)...

Plus, this AGP card is still not equivalent to a GTX. Its stock clocks are slower by 200/250. I don't think that an OC of 200MHz on the core would be considered insignificant. Sure it's possible, but certainly not guaranteed... Just because it's got 512MB of RAM doesn't make it a GTX. Besides, the 7950GT is going to be upon us shortly, which also has 512MB of RAM, is clocked a bit lower than GTX (still faster then the GS+), and should sell for somewhere around $300-350.

...An eVGA GTX is now $399 USD ($375 AMIR) at newegg, so ~$400 for a car clocked about 30% slower isn't what I would consider "not bad"...

This isn't against you at all... I just really don't think the OP would be spending his money wisely to drop a $400 AGP card into an Athlon XP M 2600+ machine when he could upgrade the whole thing to a system with an Athlon64 3700+ for about $100-150 more. I didn't even try very hard to look for good deals, so I'm sure that he could do even better with a bit of effort.

 

[happy medium]

Originally posted by: nitromullet

There on sale for 199.00 bgp with the link I gave him. Thats not bad for a7900gtx agp

199 + VAT = 234.99 GBP ($441.27 USD)...

Plus, this AGP card is still not equivalent to a GTX. Its stock clocks are slower by 200/250. I don't think that an OC of 200MHz on the core would be considered insignificant. Sure it's possible, but certainly not guaranteed... Just because it's got 512MB of RAM doesn't make it a GTX. Besides, the 7950GT is going to be upon us shortly, which also has 512MB of RAM, is clocked a bit lower than GTX (still faster then the GS+), and should sell for somewhere around $300-350.

...An eVGA GTX is now $399 USD ($375 AMIR) at newegg, so ~$400 for a car clocked about 30% slower isn't what I would consider "not bad"...

This isn't against you at all... I just really don't think the OP would be spending his money wisely to drop a $400 AGP card into an Athlon XP M 2600+ machine when he could upgrade the whole thing to a system with an Athlon64 3700+ for about $100-150 more. I didn't even try very hard to look for good deals, so I'm sure that he could do even better with a bit of effort.

You don't pay vat if you live in America
And you other points are good ones

 

[ScrewFace]

Thanks for all your replies. They have been very helpful and I've decided to sell my current rig and upgrade to an Abit SLI PCIe mobo, DDR2 800 (2 GB) and 2 GeForce 7950GTs, and a DC AMD Athlon 4800+.