New bridge chip to bring GeForce 8 series to AGP

[Godwin]

Due to continued demand, particularly from Internet cafe and emerging markets, for AGP-based products, Nvidia is scheduled to launch an updated bridge chip which supports the company's newer GPUs in October, according to sources at graphics card makers. Nvidia's BR02 chip was designed to convert the company's PCI Express-based GeForce 7600 (G73) GPU to support AGP, however, this chip is not compatible with GeForce 8 series GPUs. A new version, A05, will work with current GeForce 8600 (G86) and 8400 (G84) GPUs and well as the upcoming G92 and G98, noted the sources.

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[Anusha]

I'm pretty sure you won't see them around here...The pc shops here have "unanimously" decided AGP is too old for the super PCs they sell
They are really worried that there aren't any GF 440MX PCI-E cards in the market. Otherwise it would have given them the number 1 rank in 3DMark06...overtaking Dell XPS and Alienware Aurora etc.

 

[SAN_APIIT]

THX for the info.

 

[blood_brotha]

I'm pretty sure you won't see them around here...The pc shops here have "unanimously" decided AGP is too old for the super PCs they sell
They are really worried that there aren't any GF 440MX PCI-E cards in the market. Otherwise it would have given them the number 1 rank in 3DMark06...overtaking Dell XPS and Alienware Aurora etc.

ANIWAAA

 

[Godwin]

I'm pretty sure you won't see them around here...The pc shops here have "unanimously" decided AGP is too old for the super PCs they sell
They are really worried that there aren't any GF 440MX PCI-E cards in the market. Otherwise it would have given them the number 1 rank in 3DMark06...overtaking Dell XPS and Alienware Aurora etc.

You know I was thinking what should I do with my old machine that has a GeforceMX 440 card. I was thinking of networking it for LAN multiplayer but MX card is not good and since the machine doesn't have a PCI-E slot I can't upgrade to a new card.

 

[Anusha]

You can always buy an AGP card from abroad

 

[Godwin]

You can always buy an AGP card from abroad

That or rather wait for the new AGP bridge cards

 

[ishara91]

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