Hardly any 2600XT Agp out there

I've been waiting quite sometime for Silent AGP 2600XT's. I saw there were lots of press releases back in June/July from many companies saying they were going release 2600's on AGP. I saw pictures of a AGP HIS 2600XT with IceQ cooling, this looked perfect for me, but I can't seem to find them anywhere.

For the last couple of month's there seem to have been only 2600 pro's available from Gecube and Sapphire, and these look a little hard to find. (In the UK).

In the last couple of weeks I've seen a AGP 2600XT available (A Sapphire one from overclockers.co.uk).

This news that R670 is going to AGP as well is good but how much availabilty will there be, and how much choice of brands? time will tell I suppose

AMD saves AGP

Finally AMD can give me something useful. Last upgrade to my P4 478 system to get me through, then late next year I'll start my Bloomfield build. I've built 1 C2D and 2 C2Q so far and it has been very tempting to do my own.

Why so much praise for 2600XT AGP

The 2600XT AGP is only half as powerful as the X1950 Pro AGP (never mind the HIS overclocked versions) . Why does the 2600XT receive so much praise ? For the DX10 sticker ?

Let's be a little more realistic here and expose the truth : that the 2600XT is not the most powerful AGP solution now but only an alternative way to reach potential AGP customers by using the DX10 Sticker Strategy .

Have a nice day !