Comments for: Nvidia gears up for mainstream assault

#7. Posted at 04:25 PM on Jan 2nd 2008

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liquidsquid

Hmmm, should drive down the prices of the 8800 GS into realm of afford-ability for me! Now I wont need to go for the 8600 series perhaps. I will have to wait and see... though waiting is my only option right now.

#7, If you have something even worse than an 8600, then I assure... : Meadows (#17) «

#17, Vanilla 6600, worked great for fragging on UT2K3 and Q3A.... : liquidsquid (#22) «

#22, 8800GS will blow you away. I went from a 7600GS (faste... : derFunkenstein (#23) «

#23, No less indeed. I expect a 4-5 times increase in per... : Meadows (#43) «

#22, I should hope a 6600 works for Q3A. A GeForce II Ti ke... : pixel_junkie (#40) «

#24. Posted at 08:27 PM on Jan 2nd 2008

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WaltC

Yawn...wake me, please, when 3d-card reviews progress past frame-rate bar charts. ZZZZ-z--z--zzz--zzzzzzzzzz......

#24, And how do you propose we measure real world performance of ... : d2brothe (#25) «

#25, With COOKIES! : A_Pickle (#26) «

#25, If the image quality from card A is noticeably better tha... : WaltC (#36) «

#36, I never read past the first paragraph. But I bet that'... : Meadows (#37) «

#37, You can't benchmark image quality anyway. Well, some... : Flying Fox (#38) «

#38, quantity over quality biznitches!%@# : credo (#42) «

#41. Posted at 02:12 PM on Jan 3rd 2008, Edited at 02:17 PM on Jan 3rd 2008

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bfellow

So its the ATI 4600 vs. the Nvidia 9800 shootout?

You want image quality how about turning on AA/AF and putting graphics settings to high?

#35. Posted at 05:51 AM on Jan 3rd 2008, Edited at 06:08 AM on Jan 3rd 2008

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Prospero424

Too many "mainstream" 8800 parts from Nvidia, dammit. 8800GT 512MB, 8800GT 256MB, 8800GTS 512MB, 8800GTS 640MB, 8800GS 384MB, 8800GS 768MB...

I get the feeling that this latest "GS" iteration was created JUST to hit the exact same price point as the AMD 3850/3870. That's not really a great way to define your product line, just a great way to kick your competitor while they're down. Heh.

Oh well, I'm sure it'll sell. This ongoing game of SKU chess just seems to be getting kind of ridiculous to me.

#35, Apparently they want a SKU for every $30 in the pricing ladd... : Flying Fox (#39) «

#12. Posted at 04:57 PM on Jan 2nd 2008, Edited at 04:58 PM on Jan 2nd 2008

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albundy

heh, might not see the 9700 or 9800 as it will conflict with AMTI's model.

#12, That's "AMD". : Meadows (#16) «

#16, No, it's "ATi" : ssidbroadcast (#29) «

#29, No it's DAMIT : Jigar (#32) «

#32, It's "DAAMIT" : Silus (#34) «

#31. Posted at 03:04 AM on Jan 3rd 2008

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AbRASiON

I want to know more about this 9600, why so few processors?
Is it just that well designed it's still going to kick ass?
Will it beat an 8800GTS 512 or 8800 Ultra?

How much will it cost, where is it's 'big daddy' etc etc

#31, No. It's not going to beat a 8800 GTX/GTS 512 or Ultra. This... : Silus (#33) «

#1. Posted at 03:27 PM on Jan 2nd 2008

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A_Pickle

The Geforce 9600...

...we all knew it would come to this... next... it'll be the 9800...

#1, 9700 would be even better, IMO. heh. : swaaye (#3) «

#3, So, if that's the case, when can we expect the 9 series? : Faiakes (#4) «

#4, When the 9600 comes out. I figured it starts with a 9 a... : Meadows (#15) «

#15, Touche! :-) I meant the 9800 series or equivalent. : Faiakes (#18) «

#1, Personally, I'm really excited about the Radeon HD4200. ...OH... : Ubik (#10) «

#10, How about the Radeon HD4200 Titanium and an nVidia GeForc... : [SDG]Mantis (#27) «

#1, Well at least someone is FINALLY giving the mid-range someth... : ssidbroadcast (#14) «

#14, Have you not heard of the 3850? 256bit midrange is alread... : ChronoReverse (#19) «

#19, Well it wasn't too long ago we were black-balled by th... : ssidbroadcast (#30) «

#28. Posted at 11:56 PM on Jan 2nd 2008

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Lord.Blue

I still have a 9600 XT puttering along in my parent's Compaq Presario with an Athlon 3300+....

#21. Posted at 06:49 PM on Jan 2nd 2008, Edited at 06:52 PM on Jan 2nd 2008

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Krogoth

In addition to the 8800 GS, Expreview says Nvidia has a "GeForce 9600 GT" scheduled for a launch on February 14. The Chinese site claims Nvidia plans to stray from the custom of introducing the high-end member of a new product line first by launching the GeForce 9600 GT before other GeForce 9-series cards. The 9600 GT is alleged to feature 64 stream processors, a 500MHz core clock speed, and 512MB of 1000MHz memory hooked up to a 256-bit memory bus.

If true, it means that Nvidia is damm confident that AMD will not be able to catch up anytime soon. "8900GTX" is officially vaporware.

#2. Posted at 03:43 PM on Jan 2nd 2008

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Spotpuff

Too many letters! GAH!

GT, GTX, GTS, GS, GTS ULTRA, GTX ULTRA

Suddenly AMD's performance ratings are starting to look good.

#2, GTS Ultra, GTX Ultra? No such creature... : moshpit (#5) «

#5, Let's see for how long, hehe : radix (#8) «

#8, GGTXTS ULTRA COOL RANCH EDITION : Ubik (#9) «

#9, What I'd like to see is an XFX X2950XTX XXX Edition... : Gungir (#13) «

#13, Shut... up... ...stop giving them ideas... : A_Pickle (#20) «

#11. Posted at 04:51 PM on Jan 2nd 2008, Edited at 04:51 PM on Jan 2nd 2008

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madgun

This brings back the golden memories of the ATI 9800/9600 series. I loved my 9800pro and kept it for a long time. My current 8800GT should be able to hang around for at least a year, I hope.

#6. Posted at 04:25 PM on Jan 2nd 2008

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ElderDruid

Sure, why should nVidia release something like a 9600 GTX or 9800 when they know they can release a slower card that will still be sold out in most places initially and thereafter unavailable for anything less than $100-$200 over MSRP for many months?