Just looking over these two cards. Why only these two? I don't see any other manufacturer of these damn 6800s between where I am (Niagara Falls Canadian side), around Buffalo or up around Toronto.
The Asus Gamer Edition 6800
The Asus 6800GT...with half the memory?
Everything I've peeked at pretty much shows the GTs a fair bit ahead of the non GT branded cards. The damn 128 megs makes me wonder. I thought the Gamers Ed card was a GT then I looked again and, well, it's not. Have to admit, the 128 meg Asus 6800GT is looking nice that I noticed the fact it's selling for $459. The 'Gamer Edition' which is "over 25% faster than other competitors with 6800GPU" is $559.
So right now I sit here with an Ebay auction planned out for my Asus 9800XT card wondering. The fact that by this time next year we'll probably get flooded with PCIe stuff all over the place (I assume AMD mobos will use it by then) so an AGP card isn't going to do much when it comes time to upgrade the system. I guess I can hold off making an auction for a day or so but this new info tidbit is bugging the hell out of me.
The Asus Gamer Edition 6800
The Asus 6800GT...with half the memory?
Everything I've peeked at pretty much shows the GTs a fair bit ahead of the non GT branded cards. The damn 128 megs makes me wonder. I thought the Gamers Ed card was a GT then I looked again and, well, it's not. Have to admit, the 128 meg Asus 6800GT is looking nice that I noticed the fact it's selling for $459. The 'Gamer Edition' which is "over 25% faster than other competitors with 6800GPU" is $559.
So right now I sit here with an Ebay auction planned out for my Asus 9800XT card wondering. The fact that by this time next year we'll probably get flooded with PCIe stuff all over the place (I assume AMD mobos will use it by then) so an AGP card isn't going to do much when it comes time to upgrade the system. I guess I can hold off making an auction for a day or so but this new info tidbit is bugging the hell out of me.