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Affordable DX10 - GeForce 8600 GTS and 8600 GT

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the only-a-bit-more-than-nine dept.

mikemuch writes "While ATI still hasn't released a DX-10-capable graphics card, Nvidia today already released its affordable SKUs, in descending price and performance order the GeForce 8600 GTS and GeForce 8600 GT, and 8500 GT. The GTS costs $200-230, the GT from $150-170, and the 8500 reaching down to the $90 range. The architecture for the new GPUs is the same as for the 8800 line, but with lower clocks and fewer stream processors."

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  1. too many models and lines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I wish there was an easier way to judge the speed of one Nvidia card against another just by looking at the name. I can never tell.

    Are these faster than my 7800GS? Would they be faster than a 7800GT? Who can fucking tell?

  2. It's a *product*, not a SKU by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    WTF is with people calling a product a Stock Keeping Unithttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_Keeping_Uni t? It's a physical item, not a freaking number.

  3. Pot & Kettle by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 4, Insightful
    While ATI still hasn't released a DX-10-capable graphics card,

    And while Nvidia still hasn't released working Vista drivers...

    I would Mod the article submitter Troll -1 over the wording in this article.

    --
    "It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."