8600GTS/GT in April

[CAD4466HK]

According to this article, there will be no "G81" or "8900".
Nvidia seems to be working on something better, so VR-Zone says:p

http://vr-zone.com/?i=4682

[madmat]

That's what they did with the 6800 series as well. I think I'll just play my hand close to my chest and stick with the 7950GT for a while like I did with my 6800nu.

[CAD4466HK]

Updated info on 8600 series and below :)

http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4723

[Kab]

Yup like I posted in a post yesterday, it was rumored to be 17/18th April. I guess it will be...

[hecktic]

lol and these are going to have faster core speeds than the 8800s... my gts is 592 or something stock speed and the 8600 im seeing as 700 ???

[Kab]

Is it? :o The 8600 is supposed to be mid range, lower than the 8800 in spec. 8800s I have are 630/2000. There is no way its beaten by the 8600 - I doubt even by the 8900 - which rumours suggest is scrapped.

[madmat]

Just because it has a faster core doesn't mean it's a better card. The shader units will determine that along with the ram bit width and bandwidth.

[Kab]

Yes I know. I was replying to hecktic's question. :p

[madmat]

As was I, well to both of you actually but mainly at him.

[Kab]

http://www.vr-zone.com/index.php?i=4727
NVIDIA_G80.DEV_0191.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX"
NVIDIA_G80.DEV_0193.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS"
NVIDIA_G80.DEV_0194.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra"
NVIDIA_G80.DEV_019E.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0400.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0402.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0421.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0422.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0423.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS"

It seems that NVIDIA is planning for a higher clocked GeForce 8800 Ultra and a cheaper GeForce 8400GS card.
Well the G80 cannot be clocked higher than at 630 but with WC - and even that at 680 max. So I wonder where they go.... Seems CADs VR-Zone link with 700/2000 is more correct :o

[hecktic]

Just because it has a faster core doesn't mean it's a better card. The shader units will determine that along with the ram bit width and bandwidth.

Yes I am aware of that but still whats the point of the faster core then?

It makes me angry since I spent near $500 on my 8800gts and now a new card with crappy specs except the core which is higher in speed is comming out and will most likely be cheaper too.... grr :mad:

[hecktic]

http://www.vr-zone.com/index.php?i=4727

Well the G80 cannot be clocked higher than at 630 but with WC - and even that at 680 max. So I wonder where they go.... Seems CADs VR-Zone link with 700/2000 is more correct :o



okay now you confuse me, 8800 ultra?

I have gotten 653 core on my 8800gts and stable with passing 3dmark 06 score of 10750, and this was without WCing.

[PaulTa]

That's the way it works I suppose. I'm sure there is someone going "Shit, my 7600GT cost 400 bucks, and now it wont even run my OS... what is this world coming to?" :p

Me? I'm going to buy a processor next instead of a GFX card, and wait for this huge price drop. Even if I wait for the Intel Q2 price drop, I'm still going to have to pay big bucks for nothing more than a 4mb cache instead of 2mb...

[hecktic]

well the only upside to my case is that I got an evga graphics card with the nice step up feature to upgrade the card to the gtx series 8800 :)

and since its an upgrade the gtx card will be brand new so I will sell it and then use the money to buy a better card once nvidia releases the new series :)

[Kab]

If you reckon thats bad then Ive been hit by an asteroid :(

XFX8800GTX XXX in SLI :mad: Have to upgrade when these newer ones come out - nVidia is saying theres an Ultra yes. Who knows, wait till 17th April, as before that most of it will be speculation. I've heard from 2 industry insiders before on their product release and specs 2 month in advance and they were both wrong!

[Bbq]

The Ultra should be the fastest fucking thing this side of the galaxy. Not slower than the GTS' It's part of the branding. MX, GTS, Ultra.

Yea.

[Kab]

You reckon?

I'm not sure - R600 seems to have more potential... GTX is obviously higher up than the GTS but the Ultra can't be too far off the GTX with current chip limitations.