GeForce 8800 GT 256 MB will in the $179-$199 range

maroon1 · 11-14-2007, 05:59 AM

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Cheaper Nvidia GeForce 8800GT cards with just 256 Mbytes of onboard memory are being announced, as Nvidia's answer to AMD's upcoming RV670 processor.

Nvidia confirmed the cards late on Tuesday, and XFX announced its entry, although the company gave its price as 149 euros ($217) rather than in dollars. Nvidia GeForce 8800GT cards with 512 Mbytes of onboard memory, the more common version, typically cost about $280, but are also reportedly in short supply.

"GeForce 8800 GT 256 MB boards from major add-in card partners are arriving in the next two weeks and should be priced in the $179-$199 range," according to a question-and-answer document released to the press. Partners will include Asus, BFG, EVGA, Leadtek, PNY, XFX and others, Nvidia said.

The cards will contain 112 stream processors running at 600 MHz, with 256-Mbytes of GDDR3 memory that will run anywhere from 700 to 900 MHz, depending upon the add-in-card vendor, according to Nvidia.

Interestingly, Nvidia also notes that the card anticipates DirectX 10.1, but also notes that the upgrade will not be used by most developers. "We pride ourselves on being the first to adopt any important new technology that can improve our games so you would expect us to get with DX10.1 right away but we've looked at it and there's just nothing in it important enough to make it needed, according to Cevat Yerli, the chief executive of Crytek, whose high-performance game "Crysis" ships this week. "So we have no plans to use it at all, not even in the future."

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jchalktech · 11-14-2007, 06:02 AM

gah bugger. I just ordered a new 8800GS... Thanks anyway

Invisible · 11-14-2007, 07:33 AM

you mean GT?

veedubfreak · 11-14-2007, 10:40 AM

I never understood why the amount of memory on a video card made so much difference in the price. Especially now with memory being dirt cheap.

gurusan · 11-14-2007, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by veedubfreak

I never understood why the amount of memory on a video card made so much difference in the price. Especially now with memory being dirt cheap.

DDR2 is cheap. GDDR3 and GDDR4 are not.

Invisible · 11-14-2007, 03:32 PM

huh?
arnt they two totally different things
you call gddr3 expensive?
Newegg.com - Leadtek PX8600GT 256MB Standard GeForce 8600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

11-14-2007, 06:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
jchalktech Newb Techie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3	Re: GeForce 8800 GT 256 MB will in the $179-$199 range gah bugger. I just ordered a new 8800GS... Thanks anyway

11-14-2007, 07:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
Invisible MetalHead Techie Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,891	Re: GeForce 8800 GT 256 MB will in the $179-$199 range you mean GT? __________________ Proc e2180 m0 @ stock Video 8800gt 512mb Display 22'' Monitor Chemei 5ms RT, 800:1 CR Mobo Abit ip35-e Mem Crucial Ballistix 2 x 1 gb DDR2 800 @ 960 Case NZXT Zero ATX Aluminum Full Tower + 8 silent fans- 7 x 120mm 1 x 80mm Sound Logitech z-5300e 5.1 + Icemat siberia full black headset + Creative Soundblaster Audigy SE PSU Corsair 520hx OS Vista 64-Bit Home Premium Cooling Stock fan, mx-2 (left backplate from tuniq when RMA'd board) HDD Seagate 500gb 32mb Cache -92% of teens have moved on to rap. If you are part of the 8% who still listen to real music, copy this.

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veedubfreak Official DFI Bricker Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6,156	Re: GeForce 8800 GT 256 MB will in the $179-$199 range I never understood why the amount of memory on a video card made so much difference in the price. Especially now with memory being dirt cheap. __________________ EVGA x58 i7 920 EVGA GTX260 SLI 3x2gb Patriot Viper DDR3-1600 @9-9-9-24 Corsair 750TX MountainMods Ufo Horizontal 2x Swiftech 320 2x Swiftech 655 2x MM 3bay res 2x XSPC FC Blocks Swiftech GTZ Have you heard? http://www.tech-forums.net/pc/f6/hav...-heard-187280/

11-14-2007, 03:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
Invisible MetalHead Techie Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,891	Re: GeForce 8800 GT 256 MB will in the $179-$199 range huh? arnt they two totally different things you call gddr3 expensive? Newegg.com - Leadtek PX8600GT 256MB Standard GeForce 8600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail __________________ Proc e2180 m0 @ stock Video 8800gt 512mb Display 22'' Monitor Chemei 5ms RT, 800:1 CR Mobo Abit ip35-e Mem Crucial Ballistix 2 x 1 gb DDR2 800 @ 960 Case NZXT Zero ATX Aluminum Full Tower + 8 silent fans- 7 x 120mm 1 x 80mm Sound Logitech z-5300e 5.1 + Icemat siberia full black headset + Creative Soundblaster Audigy SE PSU Corsair 520hx OS Vista 64-Bit Home Premium Cooling Stock fan, mx-2 (left backplate from tuniq when RMA'd board) HDD Seagate 500gb 32mb Cache -92% of teens have moved on to rap. If you are part of the 8% who still listen to real music, copy this.

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