ATI RV610 to bring DirectX 10 to AGP systems

Posted on Friday, March 02 2007 @ 17:15 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Many people still have old AGP systems that can decently play newer games, the only thing they need to get some more frames per second and higher quality is a new AGP graphics card. Therefore graphics card makers are still launching some new AGP cards.

It looks like the ATI RV610 will bring DirectX 10 to AGP systems:
We guess that ATI found the way to make it work via RIALTO bridge chip. ATI plans to use the bridge chip on a new PCB and make even more money out of its RV610 bridged architecture. It looks like Nvidia doesn’t want to go this AGP way. At some point in May / June time the market should see the dawn of ATI's DirectX 10 cards, probably named Radeon X2300 xx AGP.
This Radeon X2300 AGP is expected to cost about $100-$115. More info at Fudo's new site.


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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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