There is hope for AGP !

[crazydingo]

credit goes to Techspot

http://www.diamondmm.com/X1800256PCI.php

<edited for correct source>

 

[George Powell]

Interesting that the AGP version will be a higher specified package.

 

[Lonyo]

LOL:

*CrossFire: Multiply and Conquer with Multi-GPU Performance
Designed from the ground up with GPU sharing in mind, the Radeon X1800 series allows you to get incredible gaming performance by adding a Radeon X1800 Crossfire Edition graphics card for ultra fast performance that works with all games, all the time.

 

[Cooler]

hmm looks like ati just won over AGP people for now. This is the biggest AGP news all year.

 

[dfloyd]

Dude..... Sweeet.... Umm wheres my car?

But seriously, thanks for headsup, got a friend who was considering a X850PTE for his AGP SFF. (Pain to upgrade SFFs). Now he wont have to.

Any idea on when?

 

[crazydingo]

Originally posted by: dfloyd
Any idea on when?

Availability is listed as November.

 

[Piuc2020]

Awesome, I just hope nvidia follows and releases a 7800GT agp and sells it for 300$ (its 320$ now so one can hope) as well as release a 6800GS AGP version that sells for 200$.

 

[state 08]

If this is true, I'm so down for buyin' one.

 

[Cobalt]

Look just a little closer at the box... It has the PCI-Express sticker on it, I think this is wrong/typo.

 

[Cooler]

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

AGP
? 420 Watts or greater power supply with one available Molex power connector (i.e., disk drive connector)
? Intel® Pentium® IVor AMD Athlon®, Athlon(r) 64, Athlon® XP
? System Memory: 512 MB or higher. 512MB recommended
? 90MB available hard disk space
? One available AGP 4x/8x slot
? CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Drive (for software installation)
* DVD-ROM required for DVD Playback.
? Windows® XP Home/Pro, Windows® 2000
? High-resolution MultiSync or multi-frequency monitors or any other type or VGA monitor.
? Digital flat-panel (DFP) displays or digital CRT display.
? Connecting Device for CrossFireT--Only one display while enable Cross-Fire


Its real

 

[CP5670]

I didn't know Diamond was still around. They made great cards about six years ago.

Anyway, this is very interesting; could save me quite a bit of money this winter. If they had the XT I would be sold right away, but this is still worth a serious consideration.

 

[Rage187]

Is ATi releasing AGP Crossfire boards? If not then it's a typo.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: CP5670
I didn't know Diamond was still around. They made great cards about six years ago.

Anyway, this is very interesting; could save me quite a bit of money this winter. If they had the XT I would be sold right away, but this is still worth a serious consideration.

Name got bought out I think, now it's someone else riding the brand name. Same as Elsa.

 

[Hacp]

FOr some reason, I doubt that this is happening....

 

[PrayForDeath]

Nice move from ATI (if it's true).

 

[Uclagamer_99]

hmmm suspicious...the URL has PCI in it which is the link they use for the PCI express version of cards. Why don't they have two pages like all of the other PCI-E/AGP cards?

 

[conlan]

This would be a very wise move for ATI if it's true. The ATI X1800X website clearly states native PCI-E bus interface, while the Diamond X1800X website clearly states PCI-E OR AGP.

 

[Regs]

You guys forgot that AGP is the vendors choice and not ATi's or nvidia's choice?

 

[Creig]

Although it would be nice to have an AGP version, I agree that it seems more likely to be a website typo.

 

[JonnyBlaze]

Originally posted by: Creig
Although it would be nice to have an AGP version, I agree that it seems more likely to be a website typo.

i doubt its a typo with different requirments for agp & pcie

 

[kyparrish]

Please God make this true!!!

 

[imported_Rampage]

haha lame.
die agp.

 

[Cali3350]

If this is true, Diamond just sold ~10,000 of these id wager.

 

[conlan]

From the ATI website

Features
321 million transistors on 90nm fabrication process
Ultra-threaded architecture with fast dynamic branching
Sixteen pixel shader processors
Eight vertex shader processors
256-bit 8-channel GDDR3/GDDR4 memory interface
Native PCI Express x16 bus interface
Dynamic Voltage Control

 

[Cali3350]

Originally posted by: conlan
From the ATI website

Features
321 million transistors on 90nm fabrication process
Ultra-threaded architecture with fast dynamic branching
Sixteen pixel shader processors
Eight vertex shader processors
256-bit 8-channel GDDR3/GDDR4 memory interface
Native PCI Express x16 bus interface
Dynamic Voltage Control

ATi made a bridge chip for the X850 series. Im sure it would work.