Regarding 3850 AGP

[Keysplayr]

I have been emailing Sapphire and Powercolor, asking when their AGP 3850's will be available.
I emailed them several times each over the past two weeks. No replies. Tell me, is their tech support anything like this? Getting frustrated.

 

[Tenet]

Keysplayr, I have no experience with Sapphire or Powercolor, but I do have experience waiting in futility for email responses from companies in general. It's like waiting for Godot. You have to get them on the phone.

I called up Sapphire for you and a sales rep said early to mid February for the AGP 3850's. The number there for the US rep is 909-594-3128.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

damn it...i want my 3850 now.

 

[blazer78]

Lol, I gave up 2 days ago.. many australian resellers had an expected "in stock" date of late january. Now they're saying sometime in February. Dates keep changing and it doesnt look like the 3850 agp will be coming out for a while.

So yea, I give up, I recently acquired a pentium D for free and will be shoving a 512mb 8800gts in that =P

 

[BigMoosey74]

If they haven't announced a release date yet (which as far as I know, there isn't an official one yet) they will definitely not respond to emails. There are probably millions pouring in about it. I am surprised that they are giving some sort of clue over the phone.

Yeah I know what you mean though. WTF is this thing going to launch? They are either waiting for driver development or a counter launch against an nVidia product since all of these companies have cards in hand already. I am curious to see what this bad boy can do. Club-3D has a makeshift performance comparison but it doesn't say much if new drivers are needed.

 

[Chosonman]

I got tired of waiting. So I swapped out my MOBO and Ram for a PCI-e mobo.. had to upgrade to DDR2 ram with my socket 754 AMD-64

 

[apoppin]

remember waiting for x1950p/AGP?



it took about a year after announcement

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: Tenet
Keysplayr, I have no experience with Sapphire or Powercolor, but I do have experience waiting in futility for email responses from companies in general. It's like waiting for Godot. You have to get them on the phone.

I called up Sapphire for you and a sales rep said early to mid February for the AGP 3850's. The number there for the US rep is 909-594-3128.

WOW Tenet!!! Thank you very much!! That is great news. MUCH appreciated!

 

[Skunkwourk]

Originally posted by: apoppin
remember waiting for x1950p/AGP?



it took about a year after announcement

and some still have driver issues with it...not me though

 

[Paratus]

Originally posted by: m0mentary

Originally posted by: apoppin
remember waiting for x1950p/AGP?



it took about a year after announcement

and some still have driver issues with it...not me though

Yup cat 8.1 seem all right. I am actually playing Crysis at 10x7 on my X1950PRO medium settings and it's enjoyable but does have some significant slowdowns.

AGP for EVAR 111!!!!

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Paratus

Originally posted by: m0mentary

Originally posted by: apoppin
remember waiting for x1950p/AGP?



it took about a year after announcement

and some still have driver issues with it...not me though

Yup cat 8.1 seem all right. I am actually playing Crysis at 10x7 on my X1950PRO medium settings and it's enjoyable but does have some significant slowdowns.

AGP for EVAR 111!!!!

i like Cat 8.1 ... for the first time i no longer have to reset my dual-monitor setup whenever CCC "forgot" the settings ... that is ONE thing i liked better about nvidia when i had my 7800GS/8800GTS-640 and their CP. CCC at the time was awful ... i guess AMD is finally giving some attention to CCC ... and AGP

i don't think AGP is forever
-i thought i was one of its last supporters back in May when i decided to switch rather than fight.

 

[Paratus]

I know, I was sorry to see you go but I'm sure you are enjoying all that DX10 goodness.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Paratus
I know, I was sorry to see you go but I'm sure you are enjoying all that DX10 goodness.

not really
-unless you are talking Crysis at 8x6

i was enjoying all my DX9 games maxed out completely ... the *only* DX10 game i can enjoy is Hg:L at 16x10 ... it actually DOES look and play better than DX9


of course, i am going to upgrade again - tomorrow ... a cheap upgrade to Xfire with a 2900pro
-then i'll see about DX10

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: Tenet
Keysplayr, I have no experience with Sapphire or Powercolor, but I do have experience waiting in futility for email responses from companies in general. It's like waiting for Godot. You have to get them on the phone.

I called up Sapphire for you and a sales rep said early to mid February for the AGP 3850's. The number there for the US rep is 909-594-3128.

WOW Tenet!!! Thank you very much!! That is great news. MUCH appreciated!

february...noooooooo, thas too long.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: Tenet
Keysplayr, I have no experience with Sapphire or Powercolor, but I do have experience waiting in futility for email responses from companies in general. It's like waiting for Godot. You have to get them on the phone.

I called up Sapphire for you and a sales rep said early to mid February for the AGP 3850's. The number there for the US rep is 909-594-3128.

WOW Tenet!!! Thank you very much!! That is great news. MUCH appreciated!

february...noooooooo, thas too long.

I can wait 3 to 32 days. Don't know if others can. Muhwahahaahaa.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: Tenet
Keysplayr, I have no experience with Sapphire or Powercolor, but I do have experience waiting in futility for email responses from companies in general. It's like waiting for Godot. You have to get them on the phone.

I called up Sapphire for you and a sales rep said early to mid February for the AGP 3850's. The number there for the US rep is 909-594-3128.

WOW Tenet!!! Thank you very much!! That is great news. MUCH appreciated!

february...noooooooo, thas too long.

I can wait 3 to 32 days. Don't know if others can. Muhwahahaahaa.

Today is almost over and there are 29 days in February, this year
so ... that would be 2-30 days

 

[Auric]

Scuttlebutt has it they are waiting upon drivers. But given previous experience I would not count on them reaching significant maturity 'till another six months of development.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: Tenet
Keysplayr, I have no experience with Sapphire or Powercolor, but I do have experience waiting in futility for email responses from companies in general. It's like waiting for Godot. You have to get them on the phone.

I called up Sapphire for you and a sales rep said early to mid February for the AGP 3850's. The number there for the US rep is 909-594-3128.

WOW Tenet!!! Thank you very much!! That is great news. MUCH appreciated!

february...noooooooo, thas too long.

I can wait 3 to 32 days. Don't know if others can. Muhwahahaahaa.

Today is almost over and there are 29 days in February, this year
so ... that would be 2-30 days

Correct, however in my mind, I wasn't sure if this was a leap year.

So today, the 30th, plus tomorrow, the 31st, plus 29 days in Feb. = 2-31.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Some very good Powercolor HD3850 AGP install Pics with some benches. Card still not available yet in the US though ....

http://forums.guru3d.com/showp...p=2586045&postcount=69

 

[happy medium]

Wow! 9600 points in 3d 06. Nice!

 

[ManWithNoName]

Originally posted by: happy medium
Wow! 9600 points in 3d 06. Nice!

Extremely. Coupled with a decent CPU, this card will be the AGP card to have. I use to get around 4200-4300 in 3DMark06 on my old rig using an overclocked 3700+ and a X1950 Pro AGP.

Originally posted by: ManWithNoName
Some very good Powercolor HD3850 AGP install Pics with some benches. Card still not available yet in the US though ....

http://forums.guru3d.com/showp...p=2586045&postcount=69

 

[ManWithNoName]

Gecube has also re-announced their HD 3850 AGP Release. Due now 1/31/08.

http://www.gecube.com/press-release-detail.php?id=69914

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: ManWithNoName
Gecube has also re-announced their HD 3850 AGP Release. Due now 1/31/08.

http://www.gecube.com/press-release-detail.php?id=69914

Ok then. So hopefully they will be hitting stores within the next week or so. I hope they aren't gouged. We'll see.

 

[Skunkwourk]

Originally posted by: ManWithNoName

Originally posted by: happy medium
Wow! 9600 points in 3d 06. Nice!

Extremely. Coupled with a decent CPU, this card will be the AGP card to have. I use to get around 4200-4300 in 3DMark06 on my old rig using an overclocked 3700+ and a X1950 Pro AGP.

How high were you able to overclock your 3700+?

I love my 3700, X1950 Pro set up.

 

[tuteja1986]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
I have been emailing Sapphire and Powercolor, asking when their AGP 3850's will be available.
I emailed them several times each over the past two weeks. No replies. Tell me, is their tech support anything like this? Getting frustrated.

They are selling in Australia

http://www.sltech.com.au/shop/....php?products_id=23050

$37 more than its PCIE brother :!

Remember Australia price are always higher : ) ... 3850 avg price is $250 ;*(

We always seem to get AGP part 1st , maybe the oem think we are poor who can't afford to upgrade. Anyways Australia has the highest turn over ratio for HD-TV in the world so take that you anti-poor biased company