Computex`2004: Mobo Foxconn
| Asus AX800XT PCI-Ex |
Asus AX600XT PCI-Ex |
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| 520/1120 (Core/Mem)256Mb GDDR3256Bit Mem16 pipelines |
500/740 (Core/Mem)128Mb DDR128Bit Mem4 pipelines |
Look at the left-hand card - it is the PCI-Ex version of X800XT, almost unique around the whole expo :) Strikingly, I wonder how many chips ATI is having now in the production! They have firmly stepped onto the path of native support for the new bus, and AGP versions and PCI-Ex versions are absolutely different. What a mess! This is even worse if we add mobile graphics, professional FireGL series, chipsets, telephone chips, and the yet indistinct chip for XBox2 with chips for high-precision TVs. It's high time we cut a foundation trench for our own lithographic production - there will be more than enough orders. If not enough - NVIDIA might help :)
| Asus AX800XT AGP |
Asus AX800Pro AGP |
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| 520/1120 (Core/Mem)256Mb GDDR3256Bit Mem16 pipelines |
475/900 (Core/Mem)256Mb GDDR3256Bit Mem12 pipelines |
"Standard" AGP X800XT/Pro. The Pro version has already hit the retail, at least in Taipei.
The local NT currency exchange rate in Taiwan is equal to that of ruble-to-US dollar (1$=32 NT). To be more precise, it's a bit cheaper in rubles, but anyway it doesn't fall within the promised $300. AX800Pro is just like ASUS's - it is traditionally a bit costly than the lower item highlighted in red. It happened that the Pro cards occupy the market niche of XT cards while they haven't yet been released. On seeing NV40 we fainted! Has it really come true? At least at 22,500 rubles:
The sales assistant showed us an empty box and asked to come back the other day :( Not even tomorrow, nor even on the day after tomorrow... The card is still not there, maybe it's there in Japan. Japan and USA are the most important markets, so they get the fresh creams.
If my memory serves me right, the NV40 was announced on 12 April or so. Isn't two months a long while? ATI X800Pro was announced on 4 May and it's available everywhere by now:
| ELSA X800Pro |
MSI X800Pro |
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For pure curiosity and to keep myself fit, I'd rather walk to the market every morning until I finally get the niceties like these:
| ASUS GeForce 6800 Ultra AGP |
ASUS GeForce 6800 PCI-Ex |
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| 400/1100 (Core/Mem)256Mb GDDR3256Bit Mem16 pipelines |
325/1000 (Core/Mem)256Mb GDDR3256Bit Mem12 pipelines |
Of course it's cheaper to get to ASUS by taxi, but there isn't much fun and excitement in that.
If you look at the Ultra specimen closer, you see that it offers one slot unlike the reference. Plus a backlit cooler. The card itself is likely to be the reference as all others are, but it looks like it was essentially revamped. Starting with GeForce 6800, the cards will be of own production, as is seen from the PCB color and the look of the cooler - the manufacturers thus accentuate the brand-awareness and continuity. Just take a look at ASUS GeForce 6800 and you won't take it for something different. By the way, it doesn't have any additional power connectors. The PCI-Ex has enough power.
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