"Nvidia's GeForce 8600: DX10 on a budget"

[Redundant]

Nvidia is to have a cheaper DirectX10 video card seen here

Details of NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce 8600 series have been revealed, with the 8600 GT going for roughly $150 and the 8600 Ultra demanding a $180 pricetag. Considering the fact that an 8800 GTX will cost you about $600 at the moment, this is good news indeed. The specs aren't anything to sneeze at, either, with both 8600 cards being built with an 80nm process and 300 million transistors. The GT runs at 350MHz, with 256MB of RAM to call its own, while the Ultra sports a 500MHz core, with 512MB of memory. The launch is supposedly timed to coincide with the R600's launch, will certainly steal a bit of ATI's thunder.

EDIT: If I ever make an HTPC, this is what I'll get.

[AKA_RA]

This is certainly good news for me, considering I have an budgeted upgrade planned in the near future. ^_^

[Silenced_Coyote]

I wonder how many stream processors each of those budget cards would have.

[Durrthock]

How powerful though Enough to blow my 6800 out of the water?

[bartvandenberg]

How powerful though Enough to blow my 6800 out of the water?

im pretty sure when it comes to directx10, if it can run it, it blows your 6800 out of the water.

not to sound rude or anything, that isnt my intent at all. but.. regardless if its a lower end budget card, its 2 gens newer than the 6 series, clock speeds far higher, and architecture is on a whole different level.

id swap my ultra for any dx10 capable card.

[Durrthock]

I know the card sucks I bought it like 2 years ago

[bartvandenberg]

Hey i wouldn't feel bad. i bought mine a couple years ago, and i'm still not that disappointed with it. Sure its a couple gens old, but i can still play pretty much any game out there with settings on full and decent frame rates.

anyone have any idea on the ETA of the next batch of "budget minded" dx10 cards? im due for one

[sirkillalot617]

ye!!!!!!!!!! i can get one for my bday now

[public_eyesore]

ye?

[sirkillalot617]

ye?

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