Wolfshanze
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eWiz.com sells an AGP GeForce 6800GT for $300 (it's just eVGA not the BFG) and they have a good reputation as well as FuturepowerPC.
As for FuturepowerPC, I used a link from Pricewatch.com to get the cheaper price... if you can get FuturepowerPC's GeForce 6800GT to appear on Pricewatch, simply click on the link in Pricewatch and it will take you to FuturepowerPC's website with the cheaper price listed there instead of the default price. You may also call them and see if they'll honor the lower price by phone (make sure you mention the $355 price on Pricewatch), or at the very least say you'll buy from eWiz if they don't lower the price. The BFG is a better card then the eVGA, for $50 bucks (lifetime warranty overclocked), but I don't think I'd spend $80 bucks more for BFG. I'd still spend $50 bucks to get a 6800GT over a 6800GS if it means getting the eVGA card though. What's $50 bucks anyways? One night at a nice restaruant or a couple of years worth of faster computing?
If you're looking to spend $250 instead of $300 or $355, then I would wait a week and get the GeForce 6800GS... it's still a better card then the X850XT. You've got about three price points within $50 bucks of one another... I'm sure you can find something to your liking... remember, the 6800GTs are as fast as you're going to get with AGP unless they release a GeForce7 for AGP (who knows).
P.S.
I would imagine the speed differance between a 6800GS and a 6800GT is a lot like the speed differance between a 6600GT and a vanilla 6800... like the 6600GT, the 6800GS is clocked faster then it's higher counterpart, but also like the 6600GT, the missing pipelines are a huge performance hit... I'd rather have the 4-extra pipelines then a few MHz of speed... it makes a noticeable differance.
As for FuturepowerPC, I used a link from Pricewatch.com to get the cheaper price... if you can get FuturepowerPC's GeForce 6800GT to appear on Pricewatch, simply click on the link in Pricewatch and it will take you to FuturepowerPC's website with the cheaper price listed there instead of the default price. You may also call them and see if they'll honor the lower price by phone (make sure you mention the $355 price on Pricewatch), or at the very least say you'll buy from eWiz if they don't lower the price. The BFG is a better card then the eVGA, for $50 bucks (lifetime warranty overclocked), but I don't think I'd spend $80 bucks more for BFG. I'd still spend $50 bucks to get a 6800GT over a 6800GS if it means getting the eVGA card though. What's $50 bucks anyways? One night at a nice restaruant or a couple of years worth of faster computing?
If you're looking to spend $250 instead of $300 or $355, then I would wait a week and get the GeForce 6800GS... it's still a better card then the X850XT. You've got about three price points within $50 bucks of one another... I'm sure you can find something to your liking... remember, the 6800GTs are as fast as you're going to get with AGP unless they release a GeForce7 for AGP (who knows).
P.S.
I would imagine the speed differance between a 6800GS and a 6800GT is a lot like the speed differance between a 6600GT and a vanilla 6800... like the 6600GT, the 6800GS is clocked faster then it's higher counterpart, but also like the 6600GT, the missing pipelines are a huge performance hit... I'd rather have the 4-extra pipelines then a few MHz of speed... it makes a noticeable differance.