Mid-range GeForce 8000-series Launch Dates, Prices

[Anusha]

NVIDIA's next-generation mid-range offerings are just 10 days away
Source: Dailytech

Earlier this week review publications received their test kits for the GeForce 8300 through 8600. The bulk of these cards, the GeForce 8500 GT, GeForce 8600 GT and GeForce 8600 GTS will launch on April 17, with the GeForce 8300 GS and GeForce 8400 GS following soon after.

DailyTech published technical details of these cards last month (http://dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6477). In a nutshell:

* GeForce 8600 GTS -- 256 MB GDDR3, 675 MHz core clock, 1000 MHz memory clock
* GeForce 8600 GT -- 256 MB GDDR3, 540 MHz core clock, 700 MHz memory clock
* GeForce 8500 GT -- 128 to 256 MB DDR2 or GDDR3, 450 MHz core clock, 700 MHz memory clock

NVIDIA claims these three cards will be available at launch. The 8600 GTS will fill the $199 to $229 price point, followed by the 8600 GT ($149 to $159) and the GeForce 8500 GT ($89 to $129).

The GeForce 8400 GS and 8300 GS will bring up the rear with 450 MHz core clocks and 400 MHz memory clocks. However, these two GPUs will only show up in OEM systems and will not likely make an appearance in your local hardware store.

[Anusha]

Note that the memory clock speeds given are the real clock speeds, not the effective clock speeds. 1000MHz = 2000MHz effective in DDR.

[Anusha]

Looking forward to the overclocking potentials of these cards :yes:

[Tissaka]

gr8.. thanks for the info.. :)

[blood_brotha]

sory bro repost http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24628&highlight=geforce


http://www.elakiri.com/gallery/files/5/2/2/3/geforce8series.jpg

[Anusha]

Not really. Those details are old, irrelevant and inaccurate. These are the most updated ones with CORRECT variants and CORRECT price ranges. There is no 8600Ultra edition to be released soon, if at all and 8500GT is not listed. Clock speeds are wrong as well.

[blood_brotha]

price would change... ex- ASUS 8800 and the EVGA 8800 would have 20-40 differance in price

[Anusha]

price would change... ex- ASUS 8800 and the EVGA 8800 would have 20-40 differance in price
These prices are the ones nVidia is recommending. Any company is allowed to sell at their own price (and clock speeds) as long as nVidia get's its proper share :D

[shanX]

HOT :D

[zCexVe]

well All GPUs are hot :D

[Anusha]

well All GPUs are hot :D
Not really. What about the ones modded with a phase change or peltier cooling solution? :D

[shanX]

well All GPUs are hot :D

:lol: We know, thts y they put fans on them :rofl:

[Novindu]

thx man;)

[Anusha]

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38769

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w224/anushand/8600_3dmarks.png

[blood_brotha]

inquirer sure karanda epa macho un kiyanne boru.

[Anusha]

inquirer sure karanda epa macho un kiyanne boru.
Their speculations are usually wrong, but this seems to be from real benchmarks.

[Anusha]

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Performance Preview (http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?id=2231&cid=3&pg=1)

[sakala]

cooool infos.thanx anusha

[nadeeraroshan]

Looking forward to the overclocking potentials of these cards

[Anusha]

From ocworkbench.com
it is confirmed that the 80nm processor technology 8600GTS, 8600GT has 32 Stream processors and the 8500GT has 16 Stream processors.

The 8600GTS draws a maximum power of 71W, 8600GT at 43W and 8500GT at 40W.

The number of transistors on 8600GTS and 8600GT is 289 million while the 8500GT has 210 million transistors.

Shader clk of the 8600GTS is 1450MHz, 8600GT is 1180MHz and 8500GT is 900MHz.
I wished it had 64 stream processors in the 8600GTS. The gap between 8800GTS's 96 stream processors and 32 in 8600GTS is too large :oo: