Does this means that the GE is now more like a GTS already with that external power connector?If the GE is cheaper, would it be a wiser choice to get it because AFAIK, the core/memory speed is almost the GTS...

whoah... 8600GE with 6-pin power connector, sure as hell it can be overclocked like 8600GTS, and for sure the price also going to be very cheap, since it's under 8600GTS

Yea, that is why it seems interesting to me. At first, i thought it was the same as the GT, only OCed kaw kaw version. The last time i check, its using 650/2000 core/memory speed. If thats the case, i doubt it will be able to OC more without an external power source. But now from that picture, it seems like a very very very good deal...Should be cheaper but as good as the GTS on stock..

GE for galaxy is Gamer's Edition i believe........ they call it the Skull Ash for 7 series and grimlin or something for 8 series cards........

usually comes with dual bios and some voltage jumper for the core.......nice feature

u can look for review in chinese websites, seem quite capable, only letdown is the cooler master VGA cooler, wish they are putting back the old Zalman or better Artic Cool stuff for it.......

Well, seriously if the price is lower than the 8600GTS, i dont mind sacrificing the Zalman cooler instead...

is it all 8-series gc include HDCP Compliant function...?
what is HDCP anyway...?

i bought the 1st batch of 8600gt which dint include the HDCP...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDCP

I also not sure whats the main idea in this as well though. I only knows it has something to do with High Definition stuff..

8600GE

go to this link, you will see full picture
http://www.allegro.pl/item196965705.html


nice clock

OT:

To play HD-DVD and Blu-ray titles on the PC at native high res, a HDCP supporting display and HDCP enabled display adapter@GPU is required. The content is encrypted, so the HDCP support is required both at the monitor@LCD and GPU level to play back the encrypted content. If either one is not HDCP compliant, the video and audio will be "forced" to play back at a lower quality scale or not at all.

This post has been edited by Eoma: Jun 6 2007, 11:57 PM

Sorry, just a noobie question here. hope i don't get flamed i was wondering, does the 128 bit memory of the 8500 and 8600 series become a bottleneck to the GC's performance?

i'am currently using a 6800GS with 512 MB 256 bit memory and i performs sweetly. i was thinking of an upgrade to GF8 series but 8800 series seems out of my budget range.

keep ur 6800GS>......... unless u want to go for DX10 which has not being surface much yet..........

Wow..Nice picture.And it is using the same Zalman fan instead of the CM of the 8600GTS. The only difference is that the GE has lower core speed. I do personally think the GE is more like a strip down version of the GTS rather than the GT. Its like a replacement model for the GTS...

Not just that, i am starting to feel that is no even a Zalman fan. Just a lookalike though..lol..

This post has been edited by akachester: Jun 7 2007, 08:43 AM

@ akachester

already bought ur VGA?

someone selling 8800GTS for RM920 (MSI OC Edition)

Gosh, was just about to order from JY18..wait, i check it out now...

if i can get 8800 GTX for less then 1.9k ... do you think its a great deal ?

please comments

very, make sure you can pump out at least 3-3.2++ ghz on the latest core2/core quad/am2 etc

It's clearly you haven't feel any GF8 card, yet.
the 128-bit interface is a full/true 128-bit Vertex/Poly/HDR/Shader interface, unlike 6xxx, it actually cut down the 256-bit interface into 2x128-bit chunks.

Anyways, with 12 poly pipelines and 5 vertex shader on 6800GS is no match for 8500GT or 8600GT, which 16 unified poly/vertex/shader pipelines on 8500GT and 32 unified pipelines on 8600GT. The keyword here is "unified shader/poly/vertex pipelines".

You can read the technology spec at Nvidia or Wikipedia.

This post has been edited by najminaruto: Jun 7 2007, 10:56 AM

Some updates on first post.

Maybe you can add 8500GE and 8600GE into the list as well...LOL..

Erm, that's not part of nVIDIA official products, since its from Galaxy and only Galaxy.