GeForce 9800 & 9600 specs and availability

1. GeForce 9800 GX2 : 2 x 65nm G92, 256 shader processors, 2 x 256-bit memory interface, 1GB memories, Feb-Mar

2. GeForce 9800 GTX : Replace 8800GTX, Feb-Mar

3. GeForce 9800 GT : Replace 8800 GT, Mar-Apr

4. GeForce 9600 GT : Launch on Feb 14th, 64 shader processors, 256-bit memory interface, 512MB memories, 8600GTS< 9600GT<8800GT, US$169
Source : http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=221448

why would they release 9600gt when 8800gs is coming out?? there wont be much difference in term of performance and price..

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Because it will be cheaper for nvidia to make a 200mm^2 chip than a 330mm^2 chip.

just curious.. r these new product r much better than better product? how bout the price? cannot wait till the price of 8series drop off.. wanna give a try to feel the different of high end GC.. 

just curious.. r these new product r much better than better product? how bout the price? cannot wait till the price of 8series drop off.. wanna give a try to feel the different of high end GC.. 

No point having more bandwidth than you can use, external bandwidth is expensive. R600 was a good example of too much bandwidth. You always want maximum utilization of external bandwidth because it is expensive.

Nvidia is not skipping GDDR4 for technical or cost reasons, as i have said before. The relatively slow development of GDDR4, the long life and extended development of GDDR3, and the quicker move to GDDR5 is a result of nv skipping it rather than the reason they are skipping it.

Wah! My wet dream.............................if they deliver on the Quad drivers this time. Last time I waited for the Quad drivers for 7950GX2 until neck oso long.

lol.. your wet dream will soon be reality.. you are sponsored right?   

i'm not very sure about the driver though.. i thought last time Quad-SLI was a failure.. 

More pictures at: http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/01/05/exc...eforce_9800gx2/

The card looks good but if it performs at only 30% faster than 8800 Ultra...sigh...Well, all of them are based upon G92. That kinda confirms that G92 was released early to thwart AMD's HD38xx series. As mentioned before, don't expect GF9 series to be awesome performer compared to G92.

That 30% is nothing to be sneezed at. Just imagine in my case. I'm currently playing Crysis at 2560x1600. All gfx settings at Medium. My average FPS is now at 50. If I get 30% more with just 1 card, that gives me a lovely 65FPS. If 2 units of 9800GX2 delivers as promised n I get say about 50% more, that wud b awesome.

we really need to tie our belly belt tighter and take it a pinch of salt when talkin to uncle ian. i'm sure uncle would love the hdcp over dual dvi eh?

looking at the 9 series, i wonder how the 9800gt fare against the infamous 8800gt g92.