Where's my 6800GS agp?

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zagood

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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

Just ranting in a drunken stupor. My wife's going to need a new video card (currently has my old 9000pro) for xmas to complement her other xmas present "The Movies," if they don't release it soon I'm a gonna have ta spank Rollo...

Ok, maybe not, disgusting thought, but still...grrrrrr...

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Mojoed

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Better yet, get the X850 XT for $250 AR. In my limited experience, these have all OC'd to PE levels and beyond.

Fastest AGP card money can buy, cheap price too!
 
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shabby

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Isnt the agp version still based on the old nv40 core? Meaning it wont overclock as good as the .11 micron version?
 
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Eureka

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The AGP version is supposed to use a different core than the PCI-e version...

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Goi

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Originally posted by: shabby
Isnt the agp version still based on the old nv40 core? Meaning it wont overclock as good as the .11 micron version?
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But perhaps having the possibility of unlockind the missing 4 pipes/1 vertex shader
 
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zagood

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"Not in stock. 33 pcs expected on stock 2005-12-30"

before it was the 13th. Oh well. Wanted a good excuse to buy one and give my wife my 6800nu, guess I'll just buy her the 6600GT.

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Conky

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Originally posted by: Mojoed
Better yet, get the X850 XT for $250 AR. In my limited experience, these have all OC'd to PE levels and beyond.

The x850xt series is the fastest AGP card there is, cheap price too!
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The 6800GS-AGP is a ghost. May or may not happen.

In the mean time, I grabbed one of these $250 x850xt's at Microcenter and this card beats the 6800Ultra so why you wanna be a silly little fanboy for one brand just because you paid too much? :laugh:



 
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Mojoed

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Originally posted by: Crazyfool
Originally posted by: Mojoed
Better yet, get the X850 XT for $250 AR. In my limited experience, these have all OC'd to PE levels and beyond.

The x850xt series is the fastest AGP card there is, cheap price too!
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The 6800GS-AGP is a ghost. May or may not happen.

In the mean time, I grabbed one of these $250 x850xt's at Microcenter and this card beats the 6800Ultra so why you wanna be a silly little fanboy for one brand just because you paid too much? :laugh:
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I think you quoted the wrong person. :)

I bought the x850xt as well from Microcenter. Oh, and I HATE fanboism more than anyone on these forums, period. It makes zero sense to me. Half the threads here in video drive me nuts due to the fanboism. Yet I still come back, over and over. :p

Why people just can't buy the best card for the games they play, within their budget REGARDLESS of make, just baffles me.

So I guess we agree. ;)
 
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zagood

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Whoa, at $250, def. the x850xt. Had no idea they'd gotten that cheap.

$299 now. Oh well.

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Mojoed

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Originally posted by: zagood
Whoa, at $250, def. the x850xt. Had no idea they'd gotten that cheap.

$299 now. Oh well.

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It's $250 AR. The $50 rebate is still good, and linked on the page above. :)
 
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zagood

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FYI:

http://www.fatwallet.com/t/24/548538


"The UPC on the box does not match either one of the two UPC's listed in the rebate form.
I returned the one I bought.
You've been warned."

"I am concerned about that as well. That's why I sent in the S/N from the box instead of the UPC, which was an option per the rebate instructions. I sure hope I get it."

Hope they matched for you!

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erwos

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ATI cards are a less than optimal option for Linux users - their drivers frequently regress in terms of bugs, and the Linux drivers are much slower than their Windows counterparts. Thus, a 6800GS does have an advantage for some people, even if it's nominally slower than an X800/850.

-Erwos
 
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Mojoed

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Originally posted by: zagood
FYI:

http://www.fatwallet.com/t/24/548538


"The UPC on the box does not match either one of the two UPC's listed in the rebate form.
I returned the one I bought.
You've been warned."

"I am concerned about that as well. That's why I sent in the S/N from the box instead of the UPC, which was an option per the rebate instructions. I sure hope I get it."

Hope they matched for you!

-z
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Thanks for the heads-up. Stupidly, I didn't even bother to check to see if the UPC codes matched. I'll have to check my scans when I get home.
 
nitromullet

nitromullet

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Originally posted by: Mojoed
Originally posted by: zagood
FYI:

http://www.fatwallet.com/t/24/548538


"The UPC on the box does not match either one of the two UPC's listed in the rebate form.
I returned the one I bought.
You've been warned."

"I am concerned about that as well. That's why I sent in the S/N from the box instead of the UPC, which was an option per the rebate instructions. I sure hope I get it."

Hope they matched for you!

-z
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Thanks for the heads-up. Stupidly, I didn't even bother to check to see if the UPC codes matched. I'll have to check my scans when I get home.
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That's complete BS if they don't honor that. I would take a screen cap of microcenter's page for the card where they list the sku for the card and the rebate as the same, and make them give a refund if ATI doesn't honor the rebate because it isn't the "correct" card.
 
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edplayer

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Originally posted by: nitromullet

That's complete BS if they don't honor that. I would take a screen cap of microcenter's page for the card where they list the sku for the card and the rebate as the same, and make them give a refund if ATI doesn't honor the rebate because it isn't the "correct" card.
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If they don't match I would try Microcenter first. It seems feasible that a manager might give you $50 right there vs. waiting for the rebate
 
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Madpup

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Woe is me for I too am waiting on the release to update my 9600 PRO. I even sent an email to Newegg asking for an update. Their reply was "if it ain't on the website, we don't know about it".

Sigh.:brokenheart:
 
nitromullet

nitromullet

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Originally posted by: PC Surgeon
Please NVIDIA release the 6800GS AGP, If not im afraid my a$$ may be hurting :(
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You really think that the AGP GS is going to be as cheap as the PCI-E version..?

Let me put this as simply as I can:

AGP = a$$ hurting
 
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