They should have at least had a transition generation....being that the 6800 series is native AGP...the 7 series should be AGP also, and then they should kill it off 8 series. Because by the time of the 8 series, any computer still on AGP will be reaching the end of its life, and will need to be replaced. Its not that way now..they just are doing this because they are so greedy they don't want people to not to have the option of SLI, because if they have that option, they will make more money because people will likely do it.