From theinquirer.net:
Yes, it is AGP. ANd, yes, AGP is being phased out. And, yes, everyone should stampede out and spend gobs of money to upgrade to PCI-E.
But not everyone wants to spend that much cash, and not everyone wants to have to reinstall Windows and lose everything on their drives.
Me, I'm glad the nVidia is still looking out for those who still have AGP boards, for we are many.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28094NVIDIA is fulfilling its promises and will start shipping its Geforce 6800 GS AGP cards next week. We already reported that Nvidia has a massive shortage of AGP chips and that it can not print enough 6600 based chips and bridge it back with HSI bridge chip. Its time for the new old card.
Unlike the 6800 GS PCIe, the AGP version will be based on good old NV40 chip and it will be native AGP card without any bridges. We still donÂ’t know about the clock speeds but we heavily suspect that it will have the same clocks as its PCIe brother.
The card will start at a similar price - we expect $249 - and you should see some Etailers listing these cards in the next few days.
ATI is happily shipping its X800 and X700 based AGP chips and it's expected that X1600 based AGP cards won't take to long after its PCIe brother. Nvidia still hopes to cash in the Yule AGP shopping madness.
Yes, it is AGP. ANd, yes, AGP is being phased out. And, yes, everyone should stampede out and spend gobs of money to upgrade to PCI-E.
But not everyone wants to spend that much cash, and not everyone wants to have to reinstall Windows and lose everything on their drives.
Me, I'm glad the nVidia is still looking out for those who still have AGP boards, for we are many.