Geforce 8800 series out in the market

abhijit_reddevil · 09-11-2006, 08:53 AM

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/11/08/geforce_8800/

Out in the international market, but still not available in India. However, it must be costing a bomb in India. Hopefully prices of 7800 and 7900 series cards will fall.

I did not find a similar thread after searching the forum informing of the same news. Mods please delete/lock this if it jas already been posted.

Third Eye · 09-11-2006, 08:56 AM

Thats very good news ,i got this news by mail.

These card is faster than all 7 series cards.

Here are specifications:

XFX GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB DDR3

Memory Interface->384 bit
RAMDACs->Dual 400 MHz
Memory Bandwidth-> 86.4 GB/Sec

Fill Rate->36.8 billion/sec
Graphics Core->575 MHz
Chipset->GeForce™ 8800 GTX
Clock rate->575 MHz
Dual Link DVI - Supporting digital output up to 2560x1600->DUAL
Memory Clock->1.8 GHz
Chipset->GeForce 8800 GTX
Memory->768 MB
Bus Type->PCI-E
Memory Type->DDR3
Memory Bus->384 bit
Highlighted Features->HDTV ready , TV Out , SLI ready

Photo of XFX GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB DDR3

XFX GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB DDR3 Specification

Graphics Core->500 MHz
Memory Interface->320 bit
Fill Rate->24 billion/sec
RAMDACs->Dual 400 MHz
Chipset->GeForce™ 8800 GTS
Memory Bandwidth->64 GB/sec
Dual Link DVI - Supporting digital output up to 2560x1600->DUAL
Memory Clock->1.6 GHz
Clock rate->500 MHz
Chipset->GeForce 8800 GTS
Memory->640 MB
Bus Type->PCI-E
Memory Type->DDR3
Memory Bus->320 bit
Highlighted Features->TV Out , HDTV ready , SLI ready

Photo of XFX GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB DDR3

PeterShrelock007 · 09-11-2006, 09:36 AM

NVIDIA HAS LANUCHED THE KING OF HE KINGS.GEFORCE 8800.

The new microchip, has a retail price tag of $599 for the high-end version, and Nvidia said it expects to sell tens of thousands of them in November alone.

Nvidia also said that for the first time it is releasing a set of software tools that will let programmers tap the chip to handle non-graphics related tasks such as crunching data about weather patterns or geological formations.

Apart from the number of transistors, the chip also benefits from a new "unified" design. Previous chips have used a "linear" design in which parts of the chip are devoted to specific tasks. If one kind of task is not required, that part of the chip lies idle.

NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX and the GeForce 8800GTS. The new architecture will be DX10, as we already know, and incorporate shader model 4.0 compatibility.

The chip boasts more than 600 million transistors, double the amount of Nvidia's previous high-end chip, and more than twice that of the top-of-the-line computer processor from Intel Corp.

The GTX will be the top of the line graphics card for NVIDIA with reference cards clocked at 575 MHz core and 900 MHz on the 768 MB GDDR3 memory. The GTX cards will have 384-bit memory interface according to DailyTech with a whopping 86 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

The GTX is also said to have 128 unified shaders clocked at 1350 MHz with a theoretical texture fill rate of about 38.4 billion pixels per second.

The 8800GTS is said to run at a slower 500 MHz core speed with 640 MB of GDDR3 memory at 900 MHz. The GTS memory interface is reduced to 320-bit for overall memory bandwidth of 64 GB/s.

GTS cards will also have 96 unified shaders at 1200 MHz compared to the GTX’s 128 shaders at 1350 MHz, both cards will be HDCP compliant with DVI-D, VIVO and HDTV outputs. Both cards are said to be dual slot.

We can fully expect to see higher speeds on the clock of the actual production cards from the likes of XFX and other manufacturers as well. If you have your eye on a pair of these beasties for Christmas, I suggest you put a new power supply on the list as well. It seems that for an SLI pair you will need at least 800.

sabret00the · 09-11-2006, 09:48 AM

I wud understand that these cards are the 1st DX10 offerrings from XFX is that correct?Was reading about it in Techreport.

Third Eye · 09-11-2006, 09:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sabret00the

I wud understand that these cards are the 1st DX10 offerrings from XFX is that correct?Was reading about it in Techreport.

Yeah !

sabret00the · 09-11-2006, 10:05 AM

so with quadcore being launched already (Its official that XPS 710 which is being launched with Core2Quad QX6700),Dx10 cards being launched and Vista scheduled for official release on Nov 30(its official as we are currently going thru Vista training) :- I guess we are about to see a lot of interesting stuff in the near future

,I mean Core2Duo E6600 and E6700 prices come down and DX9 high end card prices going down as well,having said that I dont think the changes which be felt so early in India

sysfilez · 09-11-2006, 11:03 AM

wat a news. it will be my next year buy.

john_the_ultimate · 09-11-2006, 12:10 PM

See the benchmark and performance test results of Geforce 8800GTX and 8800GTS here : http://xtreview.com/review159.htm

paul_007 · 09-11-2006, 01:07 PM

so...finally DX10 cards r out...when will they come in india??? will they compatible with current PCI e 16 X slots

john_the_ultimate · 09-11-2006, 03:04 PM

Ya man, it is PCI-E 16x compatible. See the specs given above.

Third Eye · 09-11-2006, 03:42 PM

@paul_007: Yeah compatible but require Windows Vista.

abhijit_reddevil · 09-11-2006, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tech_mastermind

@paul_007: Yeah compatible but require Windows Vista.

Why, will it not run at all with windows XP SP2?

Third Eye · 09-11-2006, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by digitized

Why, will it not run at all with windows XP SP2?

Microsoft said only Vista supports DX10 Based Cards.If you want to enjoy DX 10 based card then you must have Windows Vista.

sysfilez · 10-11-2006, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tech_mastermind

Microsoft said only Vista supports DX10 Based Cards.If you want to enjoy DX 10 based card then you must have Windows Vista.

i dont like the way microsoft is promoting their product. why wont dx10 be supported in winxp, they sud come out with a patch or something. not everybody can afford vista.

ambandla · 10-11-2006, 05:34 PM

The XLR8 GeForce 8800 GTX will feature 768 MB of high-speed GDDR3 frame buffer memory and a 575 MHz core clock. It will include DVI + DVI + HDTV/S-Video outputs sell for an MSRP of $599.99

The XLR8 GeForce 8800 GTS will have 640 MB of high-speed GDDR3 frame buffer memory and a 500 MHz core clock. It will include the same outputs as the GTX and retail for $449.99.

prateek_san · 10-11-2006, 06:25 PM

these are one hell of a cards....really some stuff for ultimate gaming experiences.

apostilleus · 08-05-2009, 09:50 AM

The Windows Vista era won't officially begin until Microsoft finally ships its new operating system next January, but PC game enthusiasts will get next-gen PC graphics performance a few months early because Nvidia is ready to ship its new GeForce 8800 GTX and GTS video cards. The GeForce 8800 series GPUs are designed specifically to support , but the chips also feature a new unified shader architecture that will speed up performance in DirectX 9 games on Windows XP.
Nvidia is only shipping the high-end GeForce 8 GPUs for the holiday season. The GeForce 8800 GTX has a $600 MSRP, and the slightly less-powerful GTS will retail for $450. [Update 11/9/06: Online retailers are currently selling the cards for $50 over MSRP.] Instead of the usual 512MB or 256MB memory sizes, the GTX has 768MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 900MHz and the GTS has 640MB clocked at 800MHz.

apostille