AGP versions of RV610 cards are almost
ready. We will see the first versions of these cards in August and some ATI
partners did promise to have these cards out some 20 days after the PCIe
release.
This sounds like they meet the timing. The AGP
cards will be only a few bucks more expensive as the end user have to pay for
the different PCB and the bridge chip that will make AGP card possible and it
retail market you should not pay much more than $10 to $20 more than you would
pay for PCIe card.
We can forseen that these cards will make
many AGP system owners happy and for about €100 you will get DirectX 10 support
that nobody really needs today to AGP market. It still sounds cool when you say
it to your friends that you have DirectX 10 system and this will make this
sales go.