Nvidia and AGP 8x

Darth

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• Sep 1, 2002

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under oc.com's news (aug 29th) it had a link to an article talking about a new rev. of gf4s with agp 8x. BUT THE LINK TAKES ME SOMEWHERE ELSE!!!! i cant find it on that site either but can anybody direct me to another article talking about this? thx cuz i want to know how this will affect buying stratagies.

 

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the nv28 will have agp 8x. they are basically making the ti4200 and 4600 w/ agp 8x. same clock speeds and everything. i am not sure when they will be out but nvidia usually announces stuff around 1 and 1/2 months before the release so i would guess it would be out in mid oct.

 

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oops double post

 

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Darth

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im assuming that they will stop making their agp 4x cards when these 8x cards start rolling out, i wonder how this will effect my buying stratagies tho. Any ideas as to how cheap these 8x cards would be?

 

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Ok, am I correct in believing that AGP 8x will only work on mobos that have an 8x AGP slot? Or will it work on all mobos... I neglected this in searching for my mobo!

 

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Causality said:

Ok, am I correct in believing that AGP 8x will only work on mobos that have an 8x AGP slot? Or will it work on all mobos... I neglected this in searching for my mobo!

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it will support 2X/4X...this is just a sales gimmick by Nvidia, the benefit given by 8x will be minimal if any...