Mid-range GeForce 8000-series Launch Dates & Prices

[A.Rafay]

Earlier this week many review publications received their test kits for the GeForce 8300 through 8600. The bulk of these cards, the GeForce 8500 GT, GeForce 8600 GT and GeForce 8600 GTS will launch on April 17, with the GeForce 8300 GS and GeForce 8400 GS following soon after.

• GeForce 8600 GTS -- 256 MB GDDR3, 675 MHz core clock, 1000 MHz memory clock
• GeForce 8600 GT -- 256 MB GDDR3, 540 MHz core clock, 700 MHz memory clock
• GeForce 8500 GT -- 128 to 256 MB DDR2 or GDDR3, 450 MHz core clock, 700 MHz memory clock

NVIDIA claims these three cards will be available at launch. The 8600 GTS will fill the $199 to $229 price point, followed by the 8600 GT ($149 to $159) and the GeForce 8500 GT ($89 to $129).

The GeForce 8400 GS and 8300 GS will bring up the rear with 450 MHz core clocks and 400 MHz memory clocks. However, these two GPUs will only show up in OEM systems and will not likely make an appearance in your local hardware store.

 

[Atif]

Hoon.....nice prices now lets see wat ATI has to offer in response

 

[Desolator]

Bring them in pakistan market already

 

[Conscript]

Nice prices. Actually in my price range.

 

[fady]

yes.....12k-14k......my range too.......

 

[A.Rafay]

these are all in my range too..... it will be available here soon.... galaxy.pk already has listed it (coming soon) on the main page

 

[Fahad007]

good pricing but why this time GT is cheaper then GS

 

[fady]

yaar its gts....not gs.....so its like this
gts
^
gt
^
gs
....okey........anywayz i will go for a 8600 gt!!

 

[A.Rafay]

i'llpost the benchmarks later

 

[fady]

yup....do so plz.......i think spider will review them next month...

 

[A.Rafay]

i have the results but the PCs here are not co operating

the number are just ahead 7900 GT

 

[fady]

oh.......then it roX

 

[Atif]

The prices are in all of us range.i will go for a GT model any of these GPU's

 

[fady]

me 2............they r darn too cheap........

 

[Fahad007]

i think we should also wait for ATI they are also cheap with quality products

 

[fady]

i wud rather go wid ati as they power the 360+wii!!

 

[A.Rafay]

fady u said it opposite

Nvidia - > Brute Force
AMD - > Quality

yeah u could wait for AMD's new DX10 GPU but it isn't finalized yet and it would be expensive..... heck it wasn't even spotted at CeBit..... so I'll say go for it

 

[Fahad007]

yesh go for NVIDIA if you can't control yourself

 

[fady]

well i dunno its lyk i am doin this for the first tym.......u knoe jumpin frm sony to ms.....then nvidea to ati.....i think i will stay firm wid nvidea

 

[A.Rafay]

here are the benchmarks

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Both cards are just indistinguishable in performance in Company Of Heroes.​

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7-9% performance advantage shown by 8600GTS. Very playable in this game at 1600x1200.​

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About 27% performance advantage displayed by 8600GTS, but not so playable at such maximum settings. Settings definitely needs to be tuned down in game.

Next 16x Anisotropic Filtering was turned on and games ran at 1600x1200.

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Not much of significant advantage displayed by 8600GTS except in BattleField 2142 in performance. However, the AF quality is better on the 8600GTS, this to be mentioned.