New AGP-To-PCIe bridge card!

[Jakebrake]

Albatron announced that it is releasing a new AGP-To-PCIe bridge card. I have an ATI 9800 pro and am about to upgrade everything else. If this new bridge works and is inexpensive it could help make my new ridge more future proof.

Link to Press Release

 

[Chode Messiah]

nice

 

[Avalon]

I wonder what the hit penalty is for using that...I still have my 6800NU AGP sitting in my garage because I've got a PCIe setup now (could only afford a measly 6600 vanilla for it)

 

[SynthDude2001]

REPOXY!! times 5 or so...

 

[Jeff7181]

Is this a joke? I don't see how it can possibly fit... look at the so called AGP card... with a bracket that large, how would it be able to fit in a regular AGP slot... if the new bracket is just added on, how would it fit inside the case with that extra 3 or 4 inchs?

 

[Jakebrake]

bump

 

[ddogg]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Is this a joke? I don't see how it can possibly fit... look at the so called AGP card... with a bracket that large, how would it be able to fit in a regular AGP slot... if the new bracket is just added on, how would it fit inside the case with that extra 3 or 4 inchs?

ya Jake...how is that possible?? there would always be that little extra protuding!

 

[iwearnosox]

Because you can only use a low profile PCIE card.

 

[Jakebrake]

It's a little late for April-fools and the only thing I shill for is myown wallet.

I don't think it's a joke. I have seen it mentioned on a few different sites, then I went to Albatron's website. I'm wondering if anyone that does product testing for a living has seen or tested it out yet.

Also, it is a AGP-To-PCIe bridge, meaning I can keep my current AGP card and buy this MSI K8N Neo4 PlatinumPCIe mobo instead of this MSI K8N Neo2 PlatinumAGP mobo.

 

[hans030390]

why don't they have pci-e to agp??? not that i need it, but it makes sense...maybe it's just too hard for them to get a pci-e card to run a 8x speed....i dunno...

 

[imported_humey]

Already a thread about it days ago