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stevemedes
12-22-06, 12:37 AM
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5436

It's like ATI's equivalent of the 7950GX2. A little late to the game though, don't you think? :o
retsam
12-22-06, 12:53 AM
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5436

It's like ATI's equivalent of the 7950GX2. A little late to the game though, don't you think? :o
gawd, i would love ati if they werent always a day late and a dollar short...
Shocky
12-23-06, 08:17 PM
Better late then never I guess.. (xmasmile)
PaiN
12-23-06, 08:35 PM
make them STOP!!!! **bangs head against wall....memories of Maxx
Redeemed
12-24-06, 02:41 AM
Wow. That would be crazy if there were an AGP version. I'm not even sure how that'd work. :p
grey_1
12-24-06, 06:17 AM
I wonder how many folks would cough up the money for this with dx10 right around the corner. This thing can't be cheap.
Mr_LoL
12-24-06, 10:54 AM
Why the heck would anyone buy this over the G80 or the soon to be released *cough* R600? Waste of time.
Blacklash
12-24-06, 10:55 AM
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5436

It's like ATI's equivalent of the 7950GX2. A little late to the game though, don't you think? :o

Yes.
crainger
12-24-06, 05:06 PM
I wonder how many folks would cough up the money for this with dx10 right around the corner. This thing can't be cheap.

If it was cheap. It could be quite a potent card. Though having seen the effect the G80 has on "next gen" games (360 ports). You would be crazy to pass over the 8 series.
saturnotaku
12-24-06, 10:28 PM
Wow. That would be crazy if there were an AGP version. I'm not even sure how that'd work.

It wouldn't. Remember the ATI Rage Fury MAXX? It was a dual-chip AGP card that used driver trickery to fool Windows 98 (the card never supported 2k) into seeing one PCI device and one AGP. It sort of half worked where a lot of times you'd get the AGP device rendering "ahead" of the PCI one, creating inconsistent frame rates. The 3dfx VSA-100 (Voodoo 4/5) was two PCI GPUs, hence why that solution worked better.
TeG
12-25-06, 08:06 AM
It could, like the Volari Duos did. Not that it`d make much sense though, I don`t know if there are a lot of AGP dudes ready to shell out the dollares for something like that.
willz
01-01-07, 07:07 PM
I was concidering buying another AGP card, X1950Pro to be precise, i am glad i did not because prices of the 8800GTS have came down and i rekon that dual X1950Pro card would be like almost as costly as the 8800GTS :\
Redeemed
01-01-07, 08:34 PM
I was concidering buying another AGP card, X1950Pro to be precise, i am glad i did not because prices of the 8800GTS have came down and i rekon that dual X1950Pro card would be like almost as costly as the 8800GTS :\

And will probably be similar in performance (at best) but lacking DX10 support. As such, the GTS would be the better buy.