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[Akherousin]

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[Akherousin]

ATI Officially Releases New RADEON X850, X800 Products for AGP 8x.
While PCI Express is rapidly replacing AGP in the new computers from makers like Dell and HP, the majority of end-users still uses older machines with previous-gen interconnection and even wants more powerful graphics cards as the time goes.

ATI’s R481, R430 Chips Attack AGP 8x Market

ATI Technologies, the world’s top developer of visual processing units, on Monday unveiled its long-awaited RADEON X850 XT and RADEON X800 XL products for computers that feature AGP 8x, targeting the so-called upgrade market. The new graphics cards hardly bring any innovations in terms of technology compared to the company’s previous-generation RADEON X800 lineup, but enable wider choice for customers looking for high-end Powered by ATI graphics cards.

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News-Source: X-bit labs (http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/display/20050228084438.html)

[GM™]

You cant have a thread like this without mentioning the release of the new Nvidia 6800 512Mb Framebuffer board! Woot! :thumbup:

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http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=84357