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NVIDIA released an AGP version based upon the GeForce 7800 chip. Somehow the AGP market is big enough and therefore NVIDIA saw the need to kick out a new product to bring em at the top of the performance chain in the AGP world. By releasing the GeForce 7800 GS AGP graphics card based upon the existing GeForce 7 series released previously NVIDIA made sure they can deliver top notch performance and an attractive upgrade path for all AGP system owners. Gainward took it one step further and designed an AGP card around the GeForce 7900 chip, the BLISS 7800 GS+ 512MB Silent. Gainward BLISS 7800 GS+ 512MB AGP Silent Gainward released more then one version of the GeForce 7800 GS AGP card, which differs quite a bit from the reference design. Gainward first came with a BLISS 7800 GS 512MB AGP design, which was clocked at the speeds of 425/1200MHz, as bit higher than the default speeds set by NVIDIA. The difference however wasn't really the clock speeds, but the core that Gainward used on their BLISS 7800 GS AGP. Gainward went immediately for the GeForce 7800 GT core and bridged it to the AGP interface, but keeping the 20 pipelines and 7 vertex shaders instead of going for the cut down G70 AGP core with only 16 pipelines and 6 vertex shaders. This was followed quite fast with some more impressive version, namely a Gainward BLISS 7800 GS GLH AGP clocked at 450/1300MHz. Really not much difference with the normal version except being overclocked and still using the G70 core just like on the GeForce 7800 GT video card. And now it becomes even more interesting, NVIDIA did a design refresh on their G70 core by optimizing and going for a 90nm manufacturing process. This gave us the introduction of the GeForce 7900 series based around the optimized G71 core with 24 pipelines and 8 vertex shaders for both the GTX and GT version. Guess what, yeah indeed the G71 core is powering the Gainward BLISS 7800 GS+ AGP graphics card. Features * GeForce 7800 GS+ (G71 at 450MHz) * 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 Memory (1250MHz) * Memory Bandwidth of 40.0GB/s * AGP 4x/8x Compatibility * Integrated NVIDIA TV Encoder (S-Video) * PC99 DB-15 Analog Connector * DVI-I Connector for Analog/Digital Display * Integrated Silent Cooling SolutionRead full review
If you can get one cheap they are worth every penny. Less than £80.00 and you are doing well. Make sure you get the power connector and the two DVI dongles. Don't concider buying one unless the rest of the system can use it. ie. P4 2.4Ghz, 2Gb DDR, SATA hard drive and 350 - 450W PSU. If you haven't got near that spec I would just buy a new PCI-E system. The PCI-E systems are cheaper than upgrading. Memory and GFX cards are alot cheaper. Make sure the card is a GS+ it makes a lot of difference in performance. I wouldn't buy anything else.
The king of the AGP video cards, the 7800GS is the card for the user that still wants to hang on to his AGP motherboard for a little longer, but wants to be able to play more of the current games, and get good frame rates in first person shooter games. originally these cards cosy around £299, but I've just bought a second hand one for under £100, so if you can see one for this price, don't hesitate! After this card, NVidia did not produce any really high end AGP video cards Like most of the modern cards, it has twin DVI conenctors, which can be used for VGA dislays with the supplied adaptor. The only thing missing is the video capture feature, that some of the competing ATI cards of the same era had as a feature. Two points to watch, bear in mind that this is a 'double width' card, and will occupy two expansion slots in your computer, so make sure that you have the slot next to the AGP port free. Also bear in mind the power demands of the card, I would personally recommend that your computer be fitted with at least a 500W poer supply.Read full review
It is the fastest card you can get for an AGP system as far as I know. It was a bit fussy sorting itself out with drivers! Took several attempts to get it to settle down. Now I can run my games on higher settings than ever before on my ageing Athlon 3700+ system. It also comes with Expertool overclocking software but I haven't tried that yet. I'm happy with the stock results. If you can get one on ebay, then get it!
