NVIDIA Officially launches Geforce G80 Mid Range Series - Benchmarks Inside

jmke · 17th April 2007, 10:26

jmke · 17th April 2007, 12:54

€139 7900GS gives this highly overclocked 8600GTS quite a beating... what a disappointment, knowing that the cheapest 8600GTS is priced at €200!

€139 Asus 7900GS: http://www.alternate.de/html/product...l?artno=JAXV36
€199 8600GTS: http://www.alternate.de/html/product...l?artno=JAXZH0

geoffrey · 17th April 2007, 14:01

At this time it's very questionable why one would get those mainstream cards, though I'm stull curious what happens in Vista with pure DX10 calculations.

jmke · 17th April 2007, 14:08

no one knows

technically we don't need DX10 at all for GFX beauty, it can all be done with DX9; it's one big marketing scheme to get us to upgrade to Vista.

Anyway, HardOCP have the 8600GTS outperforming the X1950 Pro... that is weird, and doesn't match up with the other benchmark results... :/

geoffrey · 17th April 2007, 14:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmke

no one knows

technically we don't need DX10 at all for GFX beauty, it can all be done with DX9; it's one big marketing scheme to get us to upgrade to Vista.

Anyway, HardOCP have the 8600GTS outperforming the X1950 Pro... that is weird, and doesn't match up with the other benchmark results... :/

And by the time DX10 is widely available we will have other mainstream cards to please ourselves with. Though, might be cool to get a batch of those for overclocking competitions

jmke · 17th April 2007, 14:39

whole bunch added, Anandtech's is pretty complete. Oblivion really loves this card

17th April 2007, 15:11

I would take a guess and say the 8600GTS will be too slow to run DX10 games in full glory anyway.

8800GTS 320MB will be the best buy until we see the ATI cards

jmke · 17th April 2007, 15:18

14 May is official Launch date for ATI series, but maybe some of those 200 journalists in Tunis will leak some info,

geoffrey · 17th April 2007, 17:14

Forceware 158 are BETA drivers, thought that with the realease we would atleast get final software.

Product Support List Windows XP 32-bit – 158.19

GeForce 8300 GS
GeForce 8400 GS
GeForce 8500 GT
GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce 8600 GTS
GeForce 8800 GTS
GeForce 8800 GTX

jmke · 17th April 2007, 17:15

8300/8400 won't see light of day in retail, they are OEM only

17th April 2007, 10:26	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	NVIDIA Officially launches Geforce G80 Mid Range Series - Benchmarks Inside NVIDIA today announced its latest DirectX 10 product offerings to serve the $129-$229 price points. The new GeForce 8600 GTS, 8600 GT and 8500 GT introduces technology previously exclusive to the high-end GeForce 8800-series to more affordable levels. NVIDIA’s new mainstream product lineup features Shader Model 4.0 support, GigaThread technology and NVIDIA’s Quantum Effects physics processing technology. The addition of NVIDIA’s Lumenex engine to the mainstream sector provides value-conscious buyers with 128-bit floating point HDR rendering and anti-aliasing levels of 16x. All official specifications can be found here: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6943 Check back for an up to date list of reviews: Reviews - 30 Listed - XFX 8600 GTS XXX http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/107...ere/index.html - BFGTech & XFX 8600GTS: http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/articl...50aHVzaWFzdA== - Foxxcon 8600GTS: http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/ind...79&Item id=27 - 8600GTS and 8600GT: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2970&p=1 - 8600GTS and 8600GT: http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/...0_gts_preview/ - 8600GTS: http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles...?cid=3&id=2237 - MSI 8600GTS: http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=8409 - EVGA & MSI 8600GTS: http://www.nvnews.net/previews/gefor...sx/index.shtml - BFGTech 8600GTS: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?type=expert&aid=392 - Asus 8600GTS TOP: http://legionhardware.com/document.php?id=636 - Asus and XFX 8600GTS: http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/...TS_and_8600_GT - MSI 8600GT: http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/reviews/g...ds/msi-8600gt/ - eVGA and XFX 8600GT(S): http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2114753,00.asp - XFX 8600GTS: http://www.i4u.com/section-viewarticle-204.html - Point of View 8600GTS: http://www.mvktech.net/content/view/3594/48/ - Asus & BFGTech 8600GTS: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...600_gts/1.html - XFX 8600GTS: http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha...iews/8600_gts/ - Sparkle 8600GTS (DE): http://www.technic3d.com/?site=artic...=article&a=483 - XFX 8600GTS: http://www.beyond3d.com/content/reviews/11 - XFX 8600GTS: http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/...re/1707_1.html - ECS 8600GTS: http://www.overclockers.co.nz/ocnz/r...00n8600gts0105 - XFX 8600GTS & 8500GT: http://techreport.com/reviews/2007q2...0/index.x?pg=1 - XFX 8600GTS & 8500GT: http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1086 - Foxconn 8600GTS: http://www.pureoverclock.com/article645.html - XFX & Gigabyte 8600GT: http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/10...ead/index.html - MSI 8600GT SLI: http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/reviews/g...si-8600gt-sli/ - EVGA & XFX 8600GT SLI: http://www.gamepyre.com/reviewsd.html?aid=828&p=1 - XFX 8600GT: http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha...s/xfx_8600_gt/ - MSI 8600GTS: http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2105 - MSI & Gigabyte 8600GTS (FR): http://www.pcinpact.com/link.php?url...gabyte_MSI.htm PR Releases - MSI 8600GTS / 8600GT and 8500GT http://www.msi.eu/news/press/PR_NX86...X8600_8500.htm - Sparkle 8600GTS / 8600GT and 8500GT http://www.sparkle.com.tw/News/8600-...0-8500_en.html Attached Thumbnails __________________ Last edited by jmke : 22nd April 2007 at 08:50.

17th April 2007, 12:54	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	€139 7900GS gives this highly overclocked 8600GTS quite a beating... what a disappointment, knowing that the cheapest 8600GTS is priced at €200! €139 Asus 7900GS: http://www.alternate.de/html/product...l?artno=JAXV36 €199 8600GTS: http://www.alternate.de/html/product...l?artno=JAXZH0 __________________

17th April 2007, 14:08	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	no one knows technically we don't need DX10 at all for GFX beauty, it can all be done with DX9; it's one big marketing scheme to get us to upgrade to Vista. Anyway, HardOCP have the 8600GTS outperforming the X1950 Pro... that is weird, and doesn't match up with the other benchmark results... :/ __________________

17th April 2007, 14:39	#6
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	whole bunch added, Anandtech's is pretty complete. Oblivion really loves this card __________________

17th April 2007, 15:18	#8
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	14 May is official Launch date for ATI series, but maybe some of those 200 journalists in Tunis will leak some info, __________________

17th April 2007, 14:01	#3
geoffrey [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,127	At this time it's very questionable why one would get those mainstream cards, though I'm stull curious what happens in Vista with pure DX10 calculations.

17th April 2007, 15:11	#7
Rutar Posts: n/a	I would take a guess and say the 8600GTS will be too slow to run DX10 games in full glory anyway. 8800GTS 320MB will be the best buy until we see the ATI cards

17th April 2007, 17:14	#9
geoffrey [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,127	Forceware 158 are BETA drivers, thought that with the realease we would atleast get final software. Product Support List Windows XP 32-bit – 158.19 GeForce 8300 GS GeForce 8400 GS GeForce 8500 GT GeForce 8600 GT GeForce 8600 GTS GeForce 8800 GTS GeForce 8800 GTX

17th April 2007, 17:15	#10
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	8300/8400 won't see light of day in retail, they are OEM only __________________

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