GeForce 8600 to have a 128-bit memory bus?

[chaminga_d]

Nvidia's GeForce 8800-series graphics cards have generously wide memory buses, but their upcoming mainstream siblings may end up being a little more bandwidth-constrained. According to a report by VR-Zone, GeForce 8600 cards will have 128-bit-wide memory buses, just like their GeForce 7600- and GeForce 6600-series predecessors.

The site says Nvidia will introduce two GeForce 8600 models: a GeForce 8600 GT with a 650MHz core clock and 900MHz memory and a GeForce 8600 GS with 550MHz core and 700MHz memory clocks. Both models will have 64 stream processors, a 128-bit memory bus, and 256MB of GDDR3 RAM. Those specs contradict previous rumors, and they suggest the two cards will only have 28.8GB/s and 22.4GB/s of memory bandwidth—pretty low considering the GeForce 7900 GS has 42.2GB/s.

[Anusha]

One good reason to go ATI's way. There flagship products will have a 512bit memory bus. We can expect the mainstream cards to have at least 256bit, if not 384bit.

[chaminga_d]

Top-end
GeForce 8800 series (GeForce 8900 series) ——R600

Mainstream
GeForce 8600Ultra——Radeon X1950XT, RV670 (Comes in 3rd Quarter)
GeForce 8600GT——Radeon X1950Pro, RV630 (Comes in May)
GeForce 7600GT——Radeon X1650XT
GeForce 7600GS——Radeon X1650Pro, Radeon X1300XT

Budget
GeForce 8300GT——RV610 series (Comes in May), Radeon X1650Pro
GeForce 8300GS——RV610 series
GeForce 7300GT——Radeon X1300XT, X1600Pro, XT, Radeon X1550

[Anusha]

I'm pretty sure the 8300GS will be faster than a 7600GS.

[chaminga_d]

I'm pretty sure the 8300GS will be faster than a 7600GS.

It can be... but it will less some thing... than 7600GS...

[Anusha]

It can be... but it will less some thing... than 7600GS...
Nopes. The specs of 8300GS are higher than even 7600GT.

[Anusha]

http://www.nordichardware.com/news,5442.html

[Anusha]

Looks like it's best a 7800GT in DX9. Oh boy! This could be the one for us :)

[shanX]

Looks like it's best a 7800GT in DX9. Oh boy! This could be the one for us :)
ATI ppl..... :confused:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Anusha]

ATI ppl..... :confused:

:lol: :lol: :lol:
Considering the price and availability in SL. You can't find much ATI cards, unless you check them out at EPSI. :eek:

[shanX]

Ok ok, you are always welcome to Nvidia club :lol:

[Anusha]

Ok ok, you are always welcome to Nvidia club :lol:
I will still try to get an ATI ;) ;)