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[Nvyseal]

images/news/nvidia.jpgEven if it's smaller, cooler, and cheaper than its higher end brethren, that unfortunately doesn't mean it's better: the formerly G92-codenamed NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT sits in the middle of the 8800-series with a single slot configuration that uses 100 Watts less power than the top of the range model, but with a lower clock speed and six less "stream processors." It's a fair bit higher spec than the GTX and GTS models though, with the same "stream processor" (what the hell are these?) clock speed as the Ultra at 1500MHz, and a memory frequency of 900MHz. It also supports PCIe 2.0 and the PureVideo HD engine which offloads H.264 encoding onto the GPU. It sells for between $199-249, and should be available within the next few days at the usual online stores.

DailyTech

my, how technology changes!

[m.oreilly]

i've been watching this. what a sweet card: super price, and the single slot solution coupled with the low power usage

[hog]

They've tested it in Crysis and it performs better than the 8800GTS 640mb! I'd like to see more benches of it, that seems like an aewsome deal.

[Christopholofigus]

Heck, i would just like a 8X00 card...my little 7600gt(pci-e) and 6800xt(agp) could use some upgrading...not like i can upgrade my 6800 though LOL.

[VROSA]

Oh ! I bought my 320MB 8800 GTS a little time ago, but now i realize that for some extra buck i should have got the 640 MB one !

Sad...

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[hog]

vrosa x64, on Oct 30 2007, 07:55 PM, said:

Oh ! I bought my 8800 gts a little time ago and it is already becoming obsolete ! Sad...

Same for me!

Hey christo, before that 8800gts, I was running dual 6600gt's, remember? Your 7600 beats that anytime!

[USM]

hog, on Oct 30 2007, 08:39 PM, said:

Same for me!

Hey christo, before that 8800gts, I was running dual 6600gt's, remember? Your 7600 beats that anytime!

I recently purchased a 8500GT cause Im a cheap a--! Lil disappointed here Im going for the 8600GTS. Im just not into paying 400.00 for a vid card!