Although ATI and NVIDIA at the official level already long time ago have not made any essential efforts to the advance new graphical solutions with the interface AGP 8x, interest in the appropriate products is not reduced. As a example the AGP- versions geForce 7600 GT, GeForce 7600 GS, Radeon x1650 pro and Radeon x1300 XT - their announcement was not accompanied by large sensation, not all producers was arranged for their release, but buyers still require such video card. .
sapphire company among ATI partners occupies the privileged place, always propose certain exclusive products. As you could note, in the assortment Of sapphire recently appeared the AGP- version radeon x1650 XT. More exactly saying, officially it is not represented, since the announcement of version with interface PCI express x16 is planned in 3 October.
Associates mentioned that Sapphire prepares to release AGP- version Of radeon x1950 pro. We succeeded in confirming this information, after supplementing with its characteristics and announcement periods of this video card. Thus, it must appear in the middle of November; therefore many characteristics are not still defined, but frequencies are already known - default for Radeon x1950 pro values "575/1380 MHz".
Price is not also determined, but it is simple to assume, that the appearance on the card with transitional bridge RIALTO will raise the cost Of radeon x1950 pro by 20-30$ in comparison with the version using the interface PCI express x16. If we considers that in the tests the radeon x1950 pro easily passes GeForce 7900 GS, and it sometimes appear faster than GeForce 7950 GT, so such product from sapphire on the market examined can appear as the fastest video card with interface AGP 8x
In this British store it is possible to order video card radeon x1950 pro with the interface AGP 8x productions gecube. Price is equal to $300, deliveries are expected at the end November.