puntoMX Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 (edited) For those willing to wait a few months before upgrading their PCI-E video cards,click here.The Inquirer has collected information from sites regarding the new low-endvideo cards from nVidia, based on the GeForce 8xxx-family. They are expectedfor release in early March.The cards will be based on the G84- and G86-cores which are based on the G80,but will be cheaper due to less RAM and a lower clock speed combined with lessshaders and memory bus bandwidth.Name Core Memory Memory Size / Bus Shaders Est. Price 8300 GS 500 MHz 1000 MHz Up to 256MB / 128bit 24 $79 8300 GT 500 MHz 1200 MHz Up to 256MB / 128bit 32 $99 8600 GT 350 MHz 1200 MHz Up to 256MB / 256bit 48 $129 8600 Ultra 500 MHz 1400 MHz Up to 512MB / 256bit 64 $179 8800 GTS 500 MHz 1600 MHz 320MB / 320bit 96 $299 8800 GTS 500 MHz 1600 MHz 640MB / 320bit 96 $399 8800 GTX 575 MHz 1900 MHz 768MB / 384bit 128 $599... Edited January 16, 2007 by puntoMX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Thanks for the info Punto. Someday I'll get myself a new video card and give my fiancee this one. I find it hard to believe she doesn't complain about low FPS on Sims 2 on that old ATI Radeon 9800 Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I cant wait, I need a new card asap. But those look like very good cards and prices I am still using my Radeon 9800 Pro, and considering a 7900 GS. But it looks like the 8600 GT/Ultra would be worth the wait.Any more info about these cards?[edit] I notice in that picture no external power connector and the card length is short. Hope its real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroshift Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Dammit, I just bought a 7950 Gt Extreme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 (edited) Thanks for the info Punto. Someday I'll get myself a new video card and give my fiancee this one. I find it hard to believe she doesn't complain about low FPS on Sims 2 on that old ATI Radeon 9800 Pro. haha, the game runs amazingo on my 7800gt and my friends 7900gs. anyways, it seems that they 8800gts prices are coming down slowly, its so tempting.. Edited January 17, 2007 by ripken204 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Might have to consider that eVGA Step Up Program http://www.evga.com/stepup/default.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 Right, that´s just sales talk there. You have to return the card like new and it´s only in the USA . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Might have to consider that eVGA Step Up Program http://www.evga.com/stepup/default.asptoo bad its way past 90 days for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Well I was looking at it because I am in the US and as long as I follow the instructions they discount by the exact price you paid for the card. However I know that the products that are sold directly on a company site are usually a rip-off and its cheaper to go through a reseller such as NewEgg. It might make more sense to just buy a card and then eBay it when you want to upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stead Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 thats odd, the sims 2 used to run perfect on my 'old' radeon 9800 pro!.come to think of it, it run fine on a radeon 9600 as welll.... i think your just finding excuse to upgrade.. we all do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 (edited) "GeForce 8800 Ultra to Come Out on April 17"It seems that the release date of the 8800 Ultra with GDDR4 RAM, 8600, 8500, 8400 and 8300 will be all released on April 17. For the people that have questions with the 8500; It’s based on the same core as the 8600 but clocked on 450MHz and has GDDR2 RAM @400(800)MHz. There is still little to non info on the 8400.EDIT: Forgot to say that the 8500GT, with a price of 79US$ to 99US$, outperforms the 7600GS. It will be unlikely that these cards will have passive cooling witch was found on several 7600GS cards. Edited March 28, 2007 by puntoMX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 so no 8900 yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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