8800GS

[Wreckage]

http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=5219

 

[Nightmare225]

I thought so...
Looks like NVIDIA is poised to take back the mid-range as soon as ATI shows their cards...
This might be very bad for competition...

 

[yh125d]

Originally posted by: Nightmare225
I thought so...
Looks like NVIDIA is poised to take back the mid-range as soon as ATI shows their cards...
This might be very bad for competition...

maybe, an 8800gs with 256 or mb of 256 bit gddr3, and 64 or so stream processors could come in at $200 or less.

 

[Matt2]

Originally posted by: yh125d

Originally posted by: Nightmare225
I thought so...
Looks like NVIDIA is poised to take back the mid-range as soon as ATI shows their cards...
This might be very bad for competition...

maybe, an 8800gs with 256 or mb of 256 bit gddr3, and 64 or so stream processors could come in at $200 or less.

Probably more like $250 with the price dropping to around $200 after launch.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Matt2

Originally posted by: yh125d

Originally posted by: Nightmare225
I thought so...
Looks like NVIDIA is poised to take back the mid-range as soon as ATI shows their cards...
This might be very bad for competition...

maybe, an 8800gs with 256 or mb of 256 bit gddr3, and 64 or so stream processors could come in at $200 or less.

Probably more like $250 with the price dropping to around $200 after launch.

Unless nvidia is planning on phasing out the 8800gts 320mb, they'd pretty much have to drop it to $200 pretty quick.

 

[yh125d]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Matt2

Originally posted by: yh125d

Originally posted by: Nightmare225
I thought so...
Looks like NVIDIA is poised to take back the mid-range as soon as ATI shows their cards...
This might be very bad for competition...

maybe, an 8800gs with 256 or mb of 256 bit gddr3, and 64 or so stream processors could come in at $200 or less.

Probably more like $250 with the price dropping to around $200 after launch.

Unless nvidia is planning on phasing out the 8800gts 320mb, they'd pretty much have to drop it to $200 pretty quick.

Yeah, if it came out very much above $200, it'd be competing with the gts 320, which is a battle it would lose

 

[aka1nas]

As I mentioned in the other thread, the 320MB GTS is probably quite a bit more expensive to produce than a card like this as it has to use a relatively expensive G80 core and has a wide memory bus. Especially as the core runs at the same specs as the 8800GTS 640MB. At least with a GS model they have something to bin the crappy cores down to.

 

[happy medium]

Finally the mid range card that = the 7900gtx.

 

[Munky]

Too bad NV didn't release a decent midrange card already, and are just making a fat profit off the suckers who buy 8600gts for $200. IMO, for $200 you should really be able to get a card with 64 scalar shaders. But, they might discontinue the 8800gts 320 as soon as this card is released, and that's too bad because for under $300 the gts is a good deal.

 

[njdevilsfan87]

They could always go 512Mb/256-bit... with 64 shaders and place it right around the price of the GTS 320...

You'd get more memory, less bandwith, and less shaders.

You might also get lower power consumption and higher clock frequences.

So for nearly the same price the option would not be to bad, and might actually be a very reasonable less powerful alternative to the GTS 320.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

guess people should lap up the 8800 gts 320's while they have the chance to cause i can really see them discontinuing the 320's after the GS cause the performance is way too close to the 640 version to keep it out for that price.

 

[Cheex]

IF the 8800GTS 320 is going to be phased out, then the 8800GS would definitely be the mid-range card to get IF the speculations about the specifications are correct.

 

[shadowofthesun]

I think nVidia had been planning this for some time. The gap between 8600 GTS and 8800 GTS was just too large. Frankly, 8600 GTS was just too weak and disappointing. I assume NV is just milking the public with its "OMG DX10!!!" 8600GTS and holding this card for the R600 line launch. If this is the case, it's intirely possible that they could drop the 8600 GTS to a more reasonable $160 or less and this card could occupy the $200 price point. Even with 8800 GTS 320 looming ominously at ~$230, this card could still be a good choice for those who play at higher native resolution but with a lower budget (where the 512 MB of the card could actually outperform a 320 GTS that is storing textures in the memory). Here's for hoping nVidia finally makes a worthwhile DX10 Midrange series.

 

[Wreckage]

It does seem like NVIDIA has been holding back lately.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Looks like 8800GS is a false product according to ChrisRay @ B3D.