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GnomeWizardd
6 Nov 2005, 2:56pm
I have a 6600GT and I will be seilling it after christmas and all, But i was wonder what will be the BEST AGP video card on the market say in JAN or FEB ???


AND then what will be the best one for the price?
Qeldroma
6 Nov 2005, 3:13pm
It would require switching camps but

ATI X850XT PE (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814129048)

You will also probably do very well $-wise on E-Bay right now.

:thumbsup:
airbornflght
6 Nov 2005, 3:54pm
i dont know, i like my 6800 gt oc'd to a lil over ultra specs.
sfleuriet
6 Nov 2005, 4:21pm
You will also probably do very well $-wise on E-Bay right now.
This (http://cgi.ebay.com/VisionTek-Radeon-X850XT-PE-AGP_W0QQitemZ8717726063QQcategoryZ80184QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) is the only Buy It Now item for cheaper than the Newegg one.

If I were you... I'd probably either get one from a trusted member on SM or buy retail (ie Newegg).
GnomeWizardd
6 Nov 2005, 4:26pm
yea i am thinking in jan to feb that card will drop quite a bit in price too. I dont see why they are not makin nvidia 7800 in agp i mean there are plenty of great machines out there with agp. For christ sake iam running a 3800 + X2 on an asus 939 board that has agp
Qeldroma
6 Nov 2005, 5:06pm
This (http://cgi.ebay.com/VisionTek-Radeon-X850XT-PE-AGP_W0QQitemZ8717726063QQcategoryZ80184QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) is the only Buy It Now item for cheaper than the Newegg one.

If I were you... I'd probably either get one from a trusted member on SM or buy retail (ie Newegg).

If you don't restrict it to just one maker, mint condition and are willing to bid you can do much better on just about any

ATI X850XT PE at EBay like this one (http://cgi.ebay.com/ATI-Radeon-X850XT-Platinum-Edition-PE-8X-AGP-XT-256MB_W0QQitemZ8718979080QQcategoryZ40158QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem). There are quite a few listed and you can check on maker quality by doing a Google search.
GnomeWizardd
6 Nov 2005, 5:25pm
oh dont take this wrong but I wont buy something THAT expensive off someone I cant trust. I dont know how its been handled. I will eitehr buy it New or from someone here I know and trust
sfleuriet
6 Nov 2005, 5:46pm
oh dont take this wrong but I wont buy something THAT expensive off someone I cant trust. I dont know how its been handled. I will eitehr buy it New or from someone here I know and trust
EXACTLY what I was thinking. I wouldn't gamble with that much money no matter how good their feedback is. I lost $98 one time to a fraudulent seller of XP Home OEM, and I vow never to let that happen again.

Qeldroma - I agree, but usually things like that will jump up dramatically in price right towards the end. You'll notice that the auctions with less than a day left are already up in the high 200s or low 300s. The ones with more than one day, like the one you linked, are still relatively low.
muddocktor
6 Nov 2005, 6:19pm
For the max performance vid card for AGP, either the GeForce 6800 Ultra or X800XT-PE or X850XT-PE gpu's are the highest end choices there are. If you look around and are patient and keep your money handy so you can jump on it right away, you can find occasional deals. That's how I got my X800XT-PE from ZZF for $229.00 about 3 months ago. There's no real practical performance difference between the X800XT-PE and X850XT-PE as far as I know.
GnomeWizardd
6 Nov 2005, 8:59pm
Ill haveta check it out when the time comes, I am just starting to research ahead of time, Since this is my only allowed upgrade for the next year
Nightwolf
6 Nov 2005, 9:30pm
It would require switching camps but

ATI X850XT PE (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814129048)

You will also probably do very well $-wise on E-Bay right now.

:thumbsup:
I'm with Qeldroma on this one....
ronbo
6 Nov 2005, 9:31pm
A 6800GT or ultra. You will be very pleased..... :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
GnomeWizardd
6 Nov 2005, 9:32pm
I had a 6800Gt wasnt to pleased I believe i sold it to Flinstone
ronbo
7 Nov 2005, 2:55am
You must be a hard man to please, or had a bad card. I will take my 6800Gt over any ati card out there. What was wrong with your 6800gt? Might I ask.
RWB
7 Nov 2005, 3:19pm
I wonder if the 7800 will ever be in an AGP package.
muddocktor
7 Nov 2005, 5:07pm
Not as far as I've heard.
GnomeWizardd
7 Nov 2005, 6:53pm
The 6800GT at the time was usless, no games required the power ( last feb ) BUT at I will be looking for the BEST since Iwill have this system for a very long time
csimon
14 Nov 2005, 8:39pm
seems ati is releasing x1800 agp as well as pci-e in france soon.
Bad_Karma
14 Nov 2005, 9:44pm
Yeah there might just be some hope left for agp users.
http://www.techspot.com/news/19395-diamond-viper--ati-radeon-x1800-agp.html