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mark501 · 01-03-06, 08:58 AM

So the 6800GS AGP is just a crippled 6800GT? Huge dissapointment although I'm not surprised. The old nv40-core simply cant reach the speeds of the nv42.

Seems Nvidia is releasing a crappy AGP-card just to annoy people and force them to go PCI-e. Reminds me of the stupid downclocked 6600gt AGP. Made no sense whatsoever since both PCI-e and AGP-versions used the exact same memory.

But this time the AGP-version gets a different slower core and theres nothing AGP-users can do about it. Unless they get lucky and unlock 4 additional healthy pixel pipes.

I was thinking of upgrading to 6800GS, but now ATI will probably get my money. They actually have AGP-cards worth spending money on.

01-03-06, 08:58 AM	#18
mark501 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 87	Re: Finally a XFX 6800 GS 256 mb AGP So the 6800GS AGP is just a crippled 6800GT? Huge dissapointment although I'm not surprised. The old nv40-core simply cant reach the speeds of the nv42. Seems Nvidia is releasing a crappy AGP-card just to annoy people and force them to go PCI-e. Reminds me of the stupid downclocked 6600gt AGP. Made no sense whatsoever since both PCI-e and AGP-versions used the exact same memory. But this time the AGP-version gets a different slower core and theres nothing AGP-users can do about it. Unless they get lucky and unlock 4 additional healthy pixel pipes. I was thinking of upgrading to 6800GS, but now ATI will probably get my money. They actually have AGP-cards worth spending money on. __________________ [Asus M3A78][Athlon X2 7750 BE][HD3870 512MB][2GB DDR2 800][X-Fi Xtreme Gamer]