AGP solutions from NVIDIA: 7900GS and 7950GT

Bastieeeh · Mar 12, 2007, 02:09 PM

As it turns out AGP is not quite dead like many people (obviously PCI-E users) claim. If you check our news since the 1st of February we reported five times about the neverending AGP-story. Three of the reports were related to new AGP cards from ATI released to the market. Now it's NVIDIA's turn and they hit the undying AGP crowd with the successor of the 7800GS and another, even faster card.
The Germans from 3DCenter.de found out that with the latest NVIDIA Forceware 101.41 Beta driver you not only get problems when trying to run Doom 3 and Battlefield 2142 under Vista but NVIDIA is disclosing the upcoming 7900GS and 7950GT GeForce cards with it.
But the best part of the story is that at least a 7950GT card from XFX is already listed at a pricewatcher for a mere 226 Euros. Of course it's not in stock yet but surely not far from really being around.

Source: 3DCenter.de

tofu · Mar 12, 2007, 02:30 PM

8600-series AGP?

I doubt 8800-series is going AGP

7900-7950 AGP exists in the form of the Gainward cards sold in UK.

Completely Bonkers · Mar 12, 2007, 02:53 PM

Anyone know of an existing benchmark for 7950GT vs. X1950Pro/XT (similar prices on AGP). I guess a PCIe comparison would be indiciative if AGP data not available.

ktr · Mar 12, 2007, 04:22 PM

according to gpureview.com...

1950xt(x) > 7950 > 1950pro > 7900gs > 1650XT > 7600gt > 7800GS > 1650....etc..etc...etc...

the gecube 1950xt is no better than a xtx due to it comes pre-oced to the xtx.

WarEagleAU · Mar 12, 2007, 05:25 PM

1950 PRO FTW! :

okes Ket:: haha, see AGP isnt dead yet. Even though I use PCIe now, Im still glad they make AGP cards.

InfDamarvel · Mar 12, 2007, 08:46 PM

I guss they wanna compete with the 1950GT,1950pro, and 1950XT AGP.

hat · Mar 12, 2007, 11:40 PM

I doubt agp has enough bandwidth to support a beast like a 7950. Heh, I thikn my 6800 (almost) gives agp more than it can chew.

tkpenalty · Mar 13, 2007, 05:01 AM

Nvidia are a bit late... with the agp market closing down, these GPUs won't be popular.

C.Ash · Mar 13, 2007, 12:08 PM

If im looking for a top-end AGP card.. ill look for one that can do HDR+AA.

Mar 12, 2007, 02:09 PM	#1
Bastieeeh Join Date: May 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 459 (0.14/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts System Specs	AGP solutions from NVIDIA: 7900GS and 7950GT As it turns out AGP is not quite dead like many people (obviously PCI-E users) claim. If you check our news since the 1st of February we reported five times about the neverending AGP-story. Three of the reports were related to new AGP cards from ATI released to the market. Now it's NVIDIA's turn and they hit the undying AGP crowd with the successor of the 7800GS and another, even faster card. The Germans from 3DCenter.de found out that with the latest NVIDIA Forceware 101.41 Beta driver you not only get problems when trying to run Doom 3 and Battlefield 2142 under Vista but NVIDIA is disclosing the upcoming 7900GS and 7950GT GeForce cards with it. But the best part of the story is that at least a 7950GT card from XFX is already listed at a pricewatcher for a mere 226 Euros. Of course it's not in stock yet but surely not far from really being around. Source: 3DCenter.de

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ktr Eligible for custom title Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bay Area, California, USA, Earth Posts: 6,158 (2.37/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 708 Times in 595 Posts System Specs	according to gpureview.com... 1950xt(x) > 7950 > 1950pro > 7900gs > 1650XT > 7600gt > 7800GS > 1650....etc..etc...etc... the gecube 1950xt is no better than a xtx due to it comes pre-oced to the xtx. Last edited by ktr; Mar 12, 2007 at 04:58 PM.

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Mar 12, 2007, 08:46 PM	#6
InfDamarvel Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 461 (0.19/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts	I guss they wanna compete with the 1950GT,1950pro, and 1950XT AGP.

Mar 12, 2007, 11:40 PM	#7
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