Comments for: GeForce 7600 GS makes it to AGP

#1. Posted at 12:26 PM on Jul 20th 2006

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pureevilmatt

I would like to see this benched against the AGP variants of the Radeon x850xt, x1600, and the Geforce 6800GS.

#1, 7800GS also : DrDillyBar (#3) «

#3, and 6800GT :) : ArturNOW (#21) «

#9. Posted at 02:05 PM on Jul 20th 2006, Edited at 02:06 PM on Jul 20th 2006

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derFunkenstein

Why buy this when you can get an X800GTO for $124.99 from Newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102002

Ack, I just bought one at $129.99...price has dropped $5.

edit: one person's review said it came with 16 pipes. Mine is the same: 16 pipes.

#9, The 7600 runs cooler. Whether that matters (or is worth $25)... : UberGerbil (#10) «

#9, The spec for the X800GTO is 12 pipes. The 7900GS also suppor... : PRIME1 (#13) «

#13, Doesn't matter. They're selling it as a GTO despite the 1... : derFunkenstein (#19) «

#19, basically a X800XL, since it's using the R430 core. : seeker010 (#20) «

#6. Posted at 01:17 PM on Jul 20th 2006

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Vrock

dragmor will be happy. Surprised he hasn't posted on this yet.

#6, woot. Hopefully they will be in stock when I get back from va... : dragmor (#15) «

#15, 7 week vacation?!? Sweet. : DrDillyBar (#16) «

#15, 7 Weeks? Socialist country or student? : My Johnson (#17) «

#17, I get 4 weeks a year, but 2 weeks forced at xmas. So t... : dragmor (#18) «

#14. Posted at 05:34 PM on Jul 20th 2006, Edited at 05:36 PM on Jul 20th 2006

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Kampf

My boss just bought one of these in AGP version off the shelf at Circuit City:

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/eVGA-e-GeForce-7800-GS-Video-Card-25...8-N506-/sem/rpsm/oid/144489/catOid/-13043/rpem/c...[tcity.com]

I think he said it was $150 in the store.

7800GS AGP:

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/eVGA-e-GeForce-7800-GS-Video-Card-25...8-N506-/sem/rpsm/oid/144489/catOid/-13043/rpem/c...[tcity.com]

#12. Posted at 03:53 PM on Jul 20th 2006

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mirkin

I hope they keep a 256bit / gddr3 agp card on the market, like the 7800gs for awhile - just incase I wuss out on upgrading my gaming rig w/ its almost peppy 6600gt agp card.

#11. Posted at 03:08 PM on Jul 20th 2006

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True Xploder

Now if they could just get the prices down to the 7600GS pci-e version's range ($100-120), I could avoid having to make a massive system change.

#8. Posted at 02:03 PM on Jul 20th 2006

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Beomagi

The 7600GS is around the 6800 vanilla/x800 level. I doubt being agp would change anything. At that price though, I think it's better to buy a 6800XT which ran at about 6800 levels as well, and would cost less.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130268
then unlock the extra pipes for 6800GT levels.

#4. Posted at 12:59 PM on Jul 20th 2006

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Hattig

How much faster would this be than a stock Radeon 9500?

If it's around £99 I'd find it tempting, a lot cheaper than upgrading everything in my computer. I could then quite happily give the old card to my parents who are looking at getting a LCD monitor and need a DVI output on their system.

It would be good to see how this card would fare as an upgrade for people with older AGP systems vs. the cards they might currently have. For example you could configure three systems - Athlon XP @ 2GHz, Pentium 4 at 3GHz and a S939 K8 at 2GHz, and check them with these new cards, and a range of classic AGP cards and whatever ATI has for offer these days.

#4, A lot faster. This should perform like a 6800GS and those we... : PRIME1 (#5) «

#4, Much faster. I've had my trusty old 9800pro for years now, b... : ztrand (#7) «

#2. Posted at 12:44 PM on Jul 20th 2006, Edited at 12:45 PM on Jul 20th 2006

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PRIME1

I wonder how this compares to my 6800? Looking at the specs, about the same although my card is unlocked.

This could also be a nice upgrade for my HTPC, although a passive cooled model would have been sweet.