When to expect $200 8xxx series?

[Sniper82]

Is there any guesstimates as to when we might see some budget 8xxx series cards?

 

[lyssword]

6 months 😀

 

[Sniper82]

lol surely it won't take 6 months to release a 8600GT or whatever they decide to call it.

 

[DeathReborn]

Q1 07 or early Q2 07. Info is scarce but vr-zone has a little bit of info. Lets hope for 256bit 8600's.

http://www.vr-zone.com/index.php?i=4034

 

[kakarotxiv]

maybe they'll have 7900gtx performance?

 

[Kromis]

Originally posted by: lyssword
6 months 😀

I'm guessing 6 months, too. Its just NVIDIA's tradition (I think, not sure how far back it started)

 

[tuteja1986]

Feb R600 launch or maybe the day when Microsoft release DX10 for vista.

 

[Geomagick]

Originally posted by: tuteja1986
Feb R600 launch or maybe the day when Microsoft release DX10 for vista.

Somewhere around the vista launch would probably work out well. Especially if there is a nice Directx 10 game released at the same sort of time.

 

[imported_RedStar]

"My source" says february!

 

[BlingBlingArsch]

February 2007:

Additionally, during the Q&A section of the investor call, Huang also alluded to the fact that the company would announce no less than nine DirectX 10 graphics cards based on the G80 family of GPUs. Two G80 products have already been announced, the GeForce 8800 GTX and GTS. Last week manufacturers filled DailyTech in on the possibility that another G80-derivative product is on the way in February of this year. In a private briefing, DailyTech was then updated to the fact that there are three distinct products launching in February, each of which will be divided into three sub-products. NVIDIA's public and private roadmaps appear to coincide.
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4891

 

[Munky]

^^^ lol, DT links to the B3D forums for additional info...

 

[BassBomb]

I bet april/may

midrange product cycles out slower 6600GT was around for more than a year before 7600GT

 

[Ronin]

You'll see the releases likely with the refresh of the 8800 (the same time ATi releases the R600 and their full product line).

 

[schneiderguy]

Originally posted by: kakarotxiv
maybe they'll have 7900gtx performance?

both the 7600gt and 6600gt have had better performance than the last gen high end cards, so the 8600gt will probably perform around 7900gtx levels :thumbsup:

 

[TanisHalfElven]

Originally posted by: schneiderguy

Originally posted by: kakarotxiv
maybe they'll have 7900gtx performance?

both the 7600gt and 6600gt have had better performance than the last gen high end cards, so the 8600gt will probably perform around 7900gtx levels :thumbsup:

but it will probably scale better with AA and resolutions. and have added GPGPU features.

 

[Pugnate]

When it is worth $200?