Ebuyer (UK) selling Sapphire R9800 Pro at £160

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It says they are the Lite version, which AFAIK (looking at Sapphire's
website) just means no software is included.

So a similar price to a Hercules 9800 SE AIW... whether to go for that +
hope to soft-mod it, or get the 'real' thing + do without TV features? Oh
dear...
 
"J Alex Temple" wrote
It says they are the Lite version, which AFAIK (looking at Sapphire's
website) just means no software is included.

So a similar price to a Hercules 9800 SE AIW... whether to go for that +
hope to soft-mod it, or get the 'real' thing + do without TV features? Oh
dear...
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Looks like a bargain. As the AGP standard is soon to be scrapped in favour
of PCI express I'm sure we will continue to see the prices of AGP cards
fall.

I don't like the AIW wonder cards, the TV picture isn't that good. I went
with a separate USB2.0 DVB-T card (Nebula) and the quality kills anything I
seen from AIW. . .
 
Komplett are selling it at £135 , i ordered one yesterday ;-) £140 with
Yer but will they ever get any in stock?
 
It says they are the Lite version, which AFAIK (looking at Sapphire's
website) just means no software is included.

So a similar price to a Hercules 9800 SE AIW... whether to go for that +
hope to soft-mod it, or get the 'real' thing + do without TV features? Oh
dear...
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If you want a cheap AIW you can get a generic 9800 SE for £130 (inc P&P)
from LOW (Evesham?!) here
http://makeashorterlink.com/?W6F923077
(if their website is working today)
 
yes they had 100 in stock yesterday, i ordered one, its on its way now.
People snapped them up when they saw the price.

ive got a 9800se all in wonder that softmoded, great for the price then , i
paid £170 3 months ago
 
Grumpycrab said:
If you want a cheap AIW you can get a generic 9800 SE for £130 (inc P&P)
from LOW (Evesham?!) here
http://makeashorterlink.com/?W6F923077
(if their website is working today)
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Thx 4 that, is there anyway of knowing that they will definitely soft-mod?
I know that L-shaped memory comes into it somehow, but don't all AIW's have
that? But some are clocked at different rates (eg Hercules have downgraded
memory on AIWs to 300 from 340 IIRC).

Will have a browse over to Komplett too, thx RS...
 
J A Temple said:
Will have a browse over to Komplett too, thx RS...
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They haven't any in stock at the mo' but it says expecting 15 on 26 Feb
(they won't last long as there is also a thread in uk.adverts.computer about
them as well)!

Why the sudden drop in VGA prices (GF 5900s dirt cheap now too)? Someone
mentioned incoming PCI-Express as reason but not sure that is right...
 
" Why the sudden drop in VGA prices (GF 5900s dirt cheap now too)? Someone
mentioned incoming PCI-Express as reason but not sure that is right..."


There are so many drastic developments on the horizon (PCI Express, BTX, new
64-bit CPU sockets, 64-bit Windows). My guess is that many motherboard
manufacturers are hinting behind-the-scenes at dropping AGP ports quicker
than expected. Those 9800 Pros may have very few 64-bit socket motherboards
supporting AGP when 64-bit Windows goes retail.

http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Feb/gee20040211023816.htm
 
Theres no way they will abandon agp cards(would be suicide for them) i think
you will see 2 versions of motherboards or where my bet goes a pci express
to agp converter included in the box
 
" Theres no way they will abandon agp cards(would be suicide for them) i
think you will see 2 versions of motherboards or where my bet goes a pci
express to agp converter included in the box "


It definitely would do manufacturers a lot of damage not to support AGP for
the next three years or so, but so far only VIA has confirmed that it will
be making chipsets supporting both AGP and PCI Express slots.
 
It definitely would do manufacturers a lot of damage not to support AGP
for
the next three years or so, but so far only VIA has confirmed that it will
be making chipsets supporting both AGP and PCI Express slots.
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Given that software hasn't really even taxed current AGP standards, it feels
like another new-for-new's-sake technology. Anyway, I've got my Komplett
order in :)

S
 
yes they had 100 in stock yesterday, i ordered one, its on its way now.
People snapped them up when they saw the price.
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Hi,
I saw the Komplett page yesterday and they didn't have any in stock. Let us
know if you get one?. Looks like they won't have any for 6 weeks now!
 
RS said:
Theres no way they will abandon agp cards(would be suicide for them) i
think you will see 2 versions of motherboards or where my bet goes a pci
express to agp converter included in the box
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If it is possible to make such a device that works reliably for a reasonable
cost then it would be built into the motherboard, not included as a
separate component--think about how you would make it mechanically so that
it could be plugged into a PCI-E slot and then an AGP board could be
plugged into it using a standard case. A "flippy" video board with PCI-E
on one edge and AGP on the other so you flip it over to use one or the
other (this has been done previously--there were a few boards made that
would work in both an ISA and a Microchannel machine by flipping to board
over) seems to me to be a far more likely solution than some kind of
adapter.
 
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