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Before you spend your life savings on a new 8800 GTX video card, you may want to wait for Nvidia's new midrange 8600 cards, which are rumored to be out really soon. The 8600 GT, which will have a 350MHz core and come with 256MB of RAM, will go for about $150. Other cards like the high mid-range 8600 Ultra and the entry-level 8300 GS will go for $179 and $79 each.

* 8600 Ultra: 64 SP, core 500 MHz, memory 1400 MHz, 512 MB, 256-bit, $179
* 8600 GT: 48 SP, core 350 MHz, memory 1200 MHz, 256 MB, 128-bit, $149
* 8300 GT: 32 SP, core 500 MHz, memory 1200 MHz, 256 MB, 128-bit, $99
* 8300 GS: 24 SP, core 500 MHz, memory 1000 MHz, 256 MB, 128-bit, $79

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Are they all SLI capable?

yup, the 8600's are for sure

It would be nice if it will also be support 3 cards set - as a lot of baords today have 3 PCIe slots
But from the picture i see only a single SLI connector...

It's strange coz whenever I see a chart like this, i notice that the prices are being decreased on every chart.When i ist saw that chart, the price of a 8600 GT was $199 on that chart.On the 2nd chart,the price got decreased to $179 & now $149.These card's prices r being decreased on every day on every chart even b4 releasing.But its good coz the customer will get benefit from it afterall.

Only thing i would worry about is the 256mb of memory, if you game.

I would LOVE to see benchmarks on them!!!

Mike

Should be released soon I guess...

is the ultra a single slot card or does it have the big 8800 cooler?

I'm just wondering what the R600s will run and when they are gonna be released....

looks like. if it performs good. Single slot is nice and the new features are nice too.

Interesting .

I'll have to pass this info on to my buddy building a buget semi-gaming rig .

Thx for the info

That 8600 Ultra should be comparable to 7950GT.

Any idea on release dates?
That 8600 Ultra looks interesting!

Interesting cards.

Good price too IMO. Good for the consumer.

I cant quite swallow the price tag on the 8800 yet, so this is a viable option for my new rig.

Anyone have an idea how the performance will compare to the higher end 7xxx series, like the 7900 gs?

ibleet wrote:Anyone have an idea how the performance will compare to the higher end 7xxx series, like the 7900 gs?

Rumours I heard are that they will perform in the X1900XT range, maybe even better.

Latest 3dmark06 score I saw pegged the 8600GTS at ~5,500, but the CPU was only a A64 3000+ which got 900pts. A stock E6300 scores 1,650 CPU points, and would give the 8600GTS a ~6,000 score in 3dmark06. That makes it somewhere between a 7950GT and a full 7900GTX, despite the 128bit wide mem bus.

This makes sense, because the current midrange 7600GT ='s the 6800 Ultra of old...

Yep, Kougar guess who have posted that benchmark ?

Not fair That 8600 Ultra is basically my 7900GTX

(I know this happens, I just like to complain about it)

Anyone have a release date for these?

I have read Nvidia is doing a MONSTER launch on the same day - tons of new stuff on the same day! - IS it true - no idea, but here is the link where i read it

http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=arti ... arc_id=130

Gonna be building a E6400 system next week and would LOVE to know if these cards will be out REAL soon or not - hate to put a crappy card in then throw all that money away to get a DX10!

Mike

KnightRid wrote:Anyone have a release date for these?

I have read Nvidia is doing a MONSTER launch on the same day - tons of new stuff on the same day! - IS it true - no idea, but here is the link where i read it

http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=arti ... arc_id=130

Gonna be building a E6400 system next week and would LOVE to know if these cards will be out REAL soon or not - hate to put a crappy card in then throw all that money away to get a DX10!

Mike

Well I have read April 17th, so i had to get a 7600GT card for now and the wife said I can get one of these when they comeo ut as long as they bench well compared to the 8800 320mb cards

Mike