Any news on Vanilla 7800/7600GT/7600 cards yet?

[A554SS1N]

I've been googling for info but can't find much if anything atall - just rumours that the 7800 may be a 16-pipe card... anyone got any information on specs/release dates?

 

[Munky]

I think Nv is just waiting for Ati to release it's midrange cards, because for now the 6 series can serve as midrange cards since they have almost the same feature set as the 7 series.

 

[Topweasel]

I think the plan on the lowering of cost of the 6*** fill in the low end. With features being the same they tend not to want fighting with their lower named ones. For example why create a 7600 and have it be slower then the 6800u even though it has a higher number. The only reason they replaced two lines in a row (and kind of three) was due to major changes specificly between the 5*** and 6***. All they really could/should do is re name the 68** to 76** the 66** to 72** and maybe if they really wanted to keep it around the 62** to 7***. Fact is they are better off with the 6800 keeping the same name, it was a powerful card and if it fits someones price range they are more likely to purchase that then a new 7600 because their friend down the street had good success with theirs.

 

[linkgoron]

Lets say nVidia will make 7600 and 7200 line, is there any change that the 7200's will actually have 12 pipes? I mean 7600=16, 7200=12 (or maybe 8?)

 

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: linkgoron
Lets say nVidia will make 7600 and 7200 line, is there any change that the 7200's will actually have 12 pipes? I mean 7600=16, 7200=12 (or maybe 8?)

Probably 8.

 

[Munky]

Originally posted by: linkgoron
Lets say nVidia will make 7600 and 7200 line, is there any change that the 7200's will actually have 12 pipes? I mean 7600=16, 7200=12 (or maybe 8?)

I dunno, look at Ati - their rv515 budget card only has 4 pipes. I doubt Nv will be able to sell a 12 pipe 7200 for $100 or less. But 4 pipes - WTF? I bought a 4 pipe 9000p 3 years ago for $86, you'd think with all the technological progress they could at least make a 8 pipe budget card.

 

[Soccerman06]

Originally posted by: munky

Originally posted by: linkgoron
Lets say nVidia will make 7600 and 7200 line, is there any change that the 7200's will actually have 12 pipes? I mean 7600=16, 7200=12 (or maybe 8?)

I dunno, look at Ati - their rv515 budget card only has 4 pipes. I doubt Nv will be able to sell a 12 pipe 7200 for $100 or less. But 4 pipes - WTF? I bought a 4 pipe 9000p 3 years ago for $86, you'd think with all the technological progress they could at least make a 8 pipe budget card.

Theres a huge difference between the 9000p and the budget cards coming out. Pipes, just like Ghz means little now. There is probably a completely different architecture and much higher clocks.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: munky
you'd think with all the technological progress they could at least make a 8 pipe budget card.

That would be the 6600 once the new cards come out. They'll be well within the "budget" bracket.

- M4H

 

[jasonja]

Why would they need to come out with new 7 boards for mainstream? They already have all the same features in the 6 series mainstream parts.

 

[ddogg]

Originally posted by: jasonja
Why would they need to come out with new 7 boards for mainstream? They already have all the same features in the 6 series mainstream parts.

well it would come with the same or more features at a slightly improved performance.