ATI abandoning AGP interface?

[BoogerBomb]

It seems as though ATI doesnt want to produce any more AGP cards anymore as the last 2 lauunchs of the X8 series have been PCI-E only. If most people dont have a PCI-E motherboard how does ATI expect to keep up with NVIDIA who does offer cards that ARE available and avialable in AGP versions as well?

Im in the market for a new video card soon but not a motherboard though so it looks like its Nvidia for me if ATI doesnt get their heads out of their ass and realize that 90% of the gaming community still uses AGP. They dont have the market share to dictate what socket we use just yet.

 

[Rob94hawk]

I was wondering this myself. Is ATI abandoning the AGP? I mean they couldn't even produce enough X800XTPE's. Might be more cost efficient if they do away with AGP.

 

[burningrave101]

AGP will still be around for a while. ATI will release these new cards on PCI-E first but AGP cards will follow after. They may stop producing the highest-end AGP cards though because of the wattage requirements.

 

[midgetherder]

Seems like both companies are making big mistakes with ATi offering too much PCIe and Nvidia way too little. I really don't like ATI cards very much and I've got PCIe. Sigh,

 

[dderidex]

AGP will still be around for a while. ATI will release these new cards on PCI-E first but AGP cards will follow after. They may stop producing the highest-end AGP cards though because of the wattage requirements.

IMHO, they will continue producing the high-end in AGP simply because "enthusiasts" have not embraced PCI-E yet.

Whereas, like nVidia, I bet they DO stop producing "mainstream" cards in AGP. After all, all the OEMs have already gone exclusively to PCI-E over AGP (or will have completely done so by Christmas). And since that's the main market for "mainstream" cards - like, 99% of it - it only makes sense to stop making THEM in AGP.

Which is why there will be no 6600nu in AGP, nor any GeForce 6200 in AGP.

The "enthusiasts", though, still have - for the most part - AGP systems, so I expect the high-end cards to continue coming out in AGP for a little while longer.

Honestly, I HAVE been rather surprised at how quickly the standard is moving from PCI-E to AGP. From regular PCI to AGP, it took YEARS.