| NVIDIA 7800GS AGP: Rekindling the Last Generation Standard |
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(Review) - Having recently been dethroned from the fastest-in-the-world position, NVIDIA is busy working on the G71 chip (set to launch in mid-March) to compete against ATI's newly released X1900 series. Until G71 based cards are launched, the company went after the last generation AGP market that needed an update frantically. Last year, insider sources reported that if there was enough demand for AGP cards, NVIDIA might change its stance from exclusively offering PCIe cards to releasing an AGP version of one of the cards. It looks like NVIDIA received more than enough feedback, which ultimately led to them to release the AGP version of the 7800GS. A few months ago, a vendor accidentally gave away an engineering sample which then made big news. NVIDIA said it would never exist, but as we now know, the company's initial reaction was off the mark. How well does the 7800GS AGP performs? Read on and find out...
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