now that's an impressive looking card!

I appreciate nVidia trying to release an AGP "upgrade". But when I consider the MSRP, I'll pass. Bottom line is that for the cost of a 7800GS, I can buy a 7800GT and a PCI-e motherboard.

Maybe that's what they had in mind... But it's not working in my instance. See if I'm going to "Upgrade" then I want the best value possible. And for a single card solution, the ATI X1900XT shines! I can buy a PowerColor version of this card for about $534 and get a Tul Radeon Xpress 200P motherboard (with ULi southbridge instead of the ATI southbridge) for about $50.

The bonus is that I'll bet ATI gets a performance boost when Vista/DirectX-10 arrive. But in any case this upgrade should give me good performance well into the 3rd quarter of next year, if not later. I consider that to be a much better value than some "overpriced, neutered", 7800. Sorry nVidia!!

Eventually I want to move to the "M2" Socket. But I want to give it some time to mature.

Very good points Cannyone. While personally I am still on AGP this new release doesn't overly thrill me all that much. It does look like a really nice card, but here in Australia it is $89 more expensive than the superior 7800GT. As you mention Cannyone what is the point of releasing new AGP products if it is more cost efficient to upgrade to the PCI-e platform instead? Maybe they want to prove that AGP really is dead by "forcing" us to move to the newer socket perhaps?

Maybe I will get two 7800GTs and run these in SLI. I really liked Crossfire, but ATi came out late with the motherboards and I'm too lazy to replace everything at home.

Too busy, Regen, too busy

LMAO.

Holy Moly!!!

Nice find! That's a wicked cooler ^_^