god bless ati for releasing an agp version of its directx 10 GPUs hpoe nvidia will do the same

ATI is generous to AGP users . Damn this is simply great news :) .

it's supouse to be with GDDR31400mhz.

Lol... really?

what the fast....2600xt or 1950xt ???

I'd say the HD 2600 XT is roughly as fast as the XT if not slower . But it has DX10 , so if I were you , I'd go for the HD 2600 XT .

would this card support DX 9.0c as well?

Finally something done right Amd.

Yes it would also support DirectX 9. There are no directX 10 games out yet so the Nvidia Geforce 8 Series would work on no games if they didn't support DirectX9. But I'm buying myself this one! ATI FTW!!

direct x is always backward compatible so it will work so do yourself a favor and buy the latest videocard that support the latest direct x so you can play new and old games

The HD 2600 XT is fairly slower than the X1950 XT , but it does have DX10 , so if you're planning on playing DX10 games , get the HD 2600 XT , if you don't want to install windows vista , then get the X1950 XT .

Shame its only 128-bit. Why did AMD go from 512-bit to 128-bit and then 64-bit. They should have just scrapped 64 and gone 512, 256, 128.

I have a 500 watt power supply.
It's enough for a 2600 XT and my processor is a Pentium 4 3.0GHz.

Was looking forward to side-grading for the UVD and dual DVI/HDMI with HDCP but the AA performance is oddly only 2/3 that of the X1650XT and 7600GT in BF2 @ 1280, for example. Without AA the three cards perform roughly the same. I wonder if that is a driver problem or a limitation of the hardware?

any idea where to buy one of these?

They should have scrapped 64bit and 128bit , actually .
@2nd anonymous - driver problem , I'd say .

anyone know how well this compares to a Radeon X850xt pe agp card? yes i know is derived to DX 9.0 and this new one coming out is 10, but performance wise to battlefield 2142 what would you wager?

Damn... the only AGP HD 2600 XT cards I've seen were at 800/1400 GDDR3 . WHY??? I'd think if there was any gain , it would not be big . But who knows what will happen with new drivers .
Damn , the AGP GDDR3 version has about the same memory bandwidth as the 8600 GT .

So is this going to be released in my lifetime? What kind of ETA before 2600 agp cards start showing up at newegg?

I have not seen this card anywhere, I have been checking on newegg every day......

Same here. Nothing but crappy pci-e cards. You would think card makers don't want money. If I had a pci-e MB I'd get a 8600 or 8800 but since I'm not going to throw away a 2.8ghz dual xeon I need my agp.

Usually I'm a pretty avid Nvidia fan. However I need a DX10 AGP because I have 3.2 p4 that I'm just not ready to scrap yet. This card looks like my only option. I saw on the net that Nvidia might follow suit, has anything about those cards been placed here? And will this out preform a 6800 GT AGP? The review compare makes it look like it would, but I'm skeptical.

Seen several reviews and assuming this part comes out at all then it's game performance is similar to a 8600gt assuming no AA. Apply AA and it goes to pot. For HD video it's better though. Good luck ever getting a modern NVidia card on AGP. For DX9 games a 7900 or radeon 1950 would kick it's ass.

You won't see a new nvidia card for AGP. I still have not been able to find this card anywhere. I thought the release date was last month..............

It was. I wonder if Newegg is even going to carry them or if this is a paper release. I agree that nvidia isn't going to release anything and this is the last and only dx10 card for AGP assuming it ever comes out.

This is great. I hope there are benchmarks for it soon. I think it has the potential to be faster than the X1950XT once the drivers mature.

hay guys i was wondering the version Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP where would u go to, to buy one of these i WANT ONE FOR MYSELF :'( if anyone could help that would be great.

Circuit City has the VisionTek 2600 PRO AGP for 179.99. Not the XT version, sadly :( I'm waiting for the Sapphire 2600XT that is passively cooled!

Guess newegg looses my money. Bestbuy already sold out of their stock.

$15 off $100 coupon codes are avaiable from Circuit City to make the prices more reasonable :)

Still waiting for a 512mb version of this card. Anyone seen it anywhere? DDR3/GDDR3 or better.

"This is great. I hope there are benchmarks for it soon. I think it has the potential to be faster than the X1950XT once the drivers mature."
Not with 8 TMUs and 4 ROPs .

Only site even listing a 512mb card is computers4sure for $294. Looks like I will have to order there when it gets in stock unless someone stocks a 512 card cheaper.