Nvidia Releases GeForce 8700M GT for Mobile Enthusiasts

@ 2007/06/14
Nvidia Corp., the top supplier of discrete graphics processors, has recently unveiled its new mobile graphics chip aimed at computer enthusiasts and high-performance laptops. The new GeForce 8700M GT is a pre-overclocked version of the GeForce 8600M GT, however, speed boost allowed Nvidia to place it into the enthusiast-class.<br><br>

Nvidia GeForce 8600M-/8700M-series graphics processors are based on the G84 graphics chips, which feature 32 stream processors, 16 texture modules, 8 raster operation units (ROPs) and 128-bit memory controller. The new GeForce 8700M GT graphics processor is clocked at 625MHz/1250MHz (base clock/shader clock) and is designed to feature 1600MHz memory, whereas its predecessor, GeForce 8600M GT featured 475MHz/950MHz clock-speeds for the chip and 1400MHz memory.

Comment from jmke @ 2007/06/14
marketing trick, get VGA card DX10 support, people will think it's superior to DX9 card..

same is happening with NVIDIA 8300/8400/8500 series
Comment from Gamer @ 2007/06/14
It seems it doesn't outperform the former high end card, the 7950Go GTX.