New 6800GS AGP cards

[Chriz]

Found these two cards on Newegg:

BFG 16 pipe 370/1050 Mhz 6800GS AGP

$194.99!! Yes, standard is 16 pipes! A reviewer said they even called BFG to confirm.

XFX 400 Mhz 6800GS AGP

$215.00!!

The XFX one is very vague, no memory clock or pipelines listed at all. In fact it didn't come up when I did an AGP power search, had to use "all" for interface. I don't see it on XFX's website either, I wonder what the deal is? 400 Mhz is nice though.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Nice price on the BFG card. It tempts me to upgrade my 1.5 year old 6800OC...

 

[SelfishGene]

I just ordered the BFG 6800 GS on the off-chance it had all the pipes unliked like it said in the description, before reading your post .

If it DOES have them unlocked (and i'll know in less then a week) then it's basically just a repackaged 6800 GT.

 

[ELopes580]

i called BFG earlier today. The tech told me it had only 12 pipes.

 

[Chriz]

 

[Chriz]

Newegg already changed the XFX one I listed. It is now 350 Mhz, 12 pipes for 215. Other than the 15 dollar price difference, anyone know what the difference between the other AGP card on Newegg? Which is here:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150126

*Edit* Nevermind, looks like the cheaper one has 1000 Mhz memory clock, expensive one has 1100 Mhz.

 

[secretanchitman]

sweet jesus! bfg w/ 16 pipes??? im on it!!!

 

[NoStateofMind]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
sweet jesus! bfg w/ 16 pipes??? im on it!!!

it doesn't have 16 pipes, it has 12.

 

[Dman877]

So which is it? 12 pipes or 16? If it's 16 that's a sweet deal... I've been waiting a year for the 6800GT to hit 200$...

 

[SelfishGene]

It's possible that its both 12 and 16. According to the review the tech support guy said that it came with the pipes "unlocked"; that is, maybe, unlocked but not activated. So it might be 12 out of the box but 16 without much effort.

 

[NoStateofMind]

Well, anyone wanna buy a big toe for $200?

 

[Raduque]

Is this thing significantly faster then a 6800NU OC? I might bite on that "16-pipe" BFG 6800GS, if so.