Saturday, March 25th 2006
Gainward 7800GS 512MB really a 7800GT
I thought I should let you guys know that Gainward is back, after a period of custom graphic cards their enthusiasm seems to have died down. But now they are back with a vengance. They released a few cards with double the memory, 512MB instead of the usual 256MB. But to top things off, they seem to have taken a 7800GT core and bridged it down to AGP. So this card does not only have half a gigabyte of memory, but 20 pipelines as well. They even top if off with some serious cooling from Arctic Cooling. So if you are looking for the fasted AGP card out there, you will need to grab yourself one of these.
Source:
theINQ
20 Comments on Gainward 7800GS 512MB really a 7800GT
And does anyone know where we can BUY them? I'd LOVE this card
Will it be available in US/Canada?
www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/7800AGP_Series.html
www.geizhals.at/eu/a191783.html
that is the cheapest in europe..none have them in stock...and the ones selling them are handling them just as they are suppose to be...the fastest AGP card out there...and thus are asking a premium for that kind of card. I just payed 490€s for my 7900GTX 512MB...and here ya have to shell out 400 for a 7800GT 512MB with the HSI chip (that could explain a small fraction of the costs...the HSI chip.)
sapphire x1800xt 512 mb for 339$ usd
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130038
msi crossfire motherboard 80$ after rebate up front cost 90$
thats 421$ cheaper than the agpx8 7800 gt 512 mb and faster
pentium 4 prescott 3.2 ghz 800 mhz fsb HT socket 478 with pci express motherboard albatron px915p4cpro.
There's no excuse for anyone not having pci express i bought this motherboard for only 89$ like 6 months ago. Motherboards are very cheap these days. i think its just people being lazy and too scared to risk using another motherboard they act like its hard to put a pc together i can hook up any motherboard in my current case in less than 5 minutes.
There is an excuse though, I wanted to keep my 6800GT AGP and not have to shell out $300 extra for a new mobo and card, so me getting a PCIe motherboard now is just a waste of time and money since I just bought my AGP board.