NVIDIA Unveils GeForce 6800 GS

zippyjuan · 11-09-2005, 01:13 PM

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NVIDIA Attacks ATI in Advance of Holiday Season.
NVIDIA Unveils GeForce 6800 GS

Category: Video

by Anton Shilov

[ 11/07/2005 | 04:22 PM ]

NVIDIA Corp. on Monday introduced its highly-discussed GeForce 6800 GS graphics product that brings performance of the GeForce 6800 GT graphics card to performance-mainstream price-points. The immediate availability of the part puts additional pressure on ATI Technologies, who has not yet begin to sell its RADEON X1600 XT to end-users.

“Graphics cards based on GeForce 6800 GS GPUs deliver the 3D eye-candy with the necessary performance for total gaming immersion, but do so at a new, lower price point,” said Ujesh Desai, general manager of desktop graphics processors at NVIDIA.

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS products feature code-named NV42 graphics processor with 12 pixel pipelines and 5 vertex pipelines with working frequency of 425MHz. The boards also feature 1000MHz GDDR3 memory with 256-bit bus providing high-performance in memory bandwidth-dependent cases. Being based on the GeForce 6 micro-architecture, the GeForce 6800 GS features such advanced technologies as Shader Model 3.0, high-dynamic range (HDR) lighting, NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface (SLI) multi-GPU technology as well as a dedicated video processing engine.

The NV42 graphics processor is made using 0.11 micron process technology and should be relatively affordable.

Performance measures by X-bit labs indicate that NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS leaves behind ATI’s RADEON X1600 XT in majority of gaming applications, which mean that the latter should be priced lower to stay competitive.

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS-based graphics cards are available for immediate purchase at approximately $249 from many of the world’s leading add-in card makers, including: Albatron, Chaintech Computer, EVGA, Galaxy, Innovision, Leadtek Research, MSI Computer Corporation, Palit Microsystems, PNY Technologies, Point of View, Prolink, Sparkle Computer, and XFX.

GeForce 6800 GS-based add-in cards are available from major online retailers worldwide and are also powering PCs from the world’s leading system builders.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/d...107162142.html

DarkFury · 11-09-2005, 02:06 PM

Yeah.. but honestly just burns me up that they have forsaken the AGP on this part.

They just wanna force everyone to start over with a new mobo/cpu for PCI Express...

Dayuum the "standards" GRRRRRRRR

shocky123 · 11-09-2005, 02:42 PM

WTF? They skipped out on AGP?
How is it cheaper if I have to buy a new motherboard????????????
They had the right idea, but went about it in a totally wrong fashion..

~Kyle

PrObLy · 11-09-2005, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by shocky123

WTF? They skipped out on AGP?
How is it cheaper if I have to buy a new motherboard????????????
They had the right idea, but went about it in a totally wrong fashion..

~Kyle

Yeah, plus I don't really consider ~$250 a "low price" video card.

Bires · 11-09-2005, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by PrObLy

Yeah, plus I don't really consider ~$250 a "low price" video card.

[Johnny Cochran]

THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!

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DarkFury · 11-09-2005, 08:00 PM

Actually, you can buy these for around $199 if you know where to look...

For that price point... its a VERY nice card, especially if it comes close to the GeForce 6800 GT performance.

But still... with no AGP offerings... this just SUCKS!!!

shocky123 · 11-09-2005, 08:30 PM

Yeah, DarkFury has it exactly.
The next step down from this performance wise.. (assuming this performs similarily to the 6800GT)... would be the 6600GT which from what I've seen slightly outperforms the 6800/6800LE(SE)..
the 6600GT will cost you 150'ish, and the 6800GT runs about 250

So I'd say about 200 bucks would be a good price for the 6800GS.

And quite frankly, I can justify an extra 50 bucks on the performance gain that you'd see if the 6800GS performs closely to the 6800GT. However, I still cannot justify the 250 bucks for the card, but that's probably because I'm in school, once I get rich or something, then yeah....

At any rate, 6800GS idea is good, but not having AGP support just makes it another attempt to cram the market with cheaper pci-e cards..

What they should be doing is evaluating whether or not they can introduce a '7800GS' model that would drop the price of a 7800 into the sub-$300 price range. I dont care who you are.. $330 bucks for a video card is a lot.. $299 or $285 or something would seem to me much closer to affordable than unreasonable.

~Kyle

nate el bueno · 11-10-2005, 03:30 PM

yeah, newegg is selling evga's for 210, but xfx overclocked theirs a lot more, and it's only about 5 more
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150118

SmokeyDP · 11-14-2005, 08:55 AM

Yeah I also need the AGP version.

DarkFury · 11-14-2005, 09:26 AM

Now the thing is....

Is this the time right to buy a new mobo and CPU just so we can have access to the "latest greatest" video cards.... or should we just stay put with what we got for another year?

Man it really sucks when manufacturers "artificially" determine that standards have changed and legacy support goes away... At least the last time this happened (when PCI video cards went extinct in favor of AGP), there was enough of a lead time to get a decent mobo using the same chipset of your current CPU and same memory to lessen the pain of a switchover...

As I see it now... we are being forced to change both the CPU and the mobo just to buy an updated videocard.

DarkFury · 11-18-2005, 11:28 AM

Well ain't this a flip... check this out:

http://www.techpowerup.com/?6541

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27736

Geeez... and I just went ahead and bought a BFG GeForce 6800GT OC!!! I swear they must have my computer tapped to know when I was gonna give in an make a purchase to go announcing that right afterwards!!!!

Oh well.. on the bright side, the BFG part is overclocked above a normal GT, so in the end, I guess it is a better part... but still... DAYUUUM!!!!!!!

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shocky123 Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ames, Iowa Posts: 828	WTF? They skipped out on AGP? How is it cheaper if I have to buy a new motherboard???????????? They had the right idea, but went about it in a totally wrong fashion.. ~Kyle __________________ "me awaits onslaught of estrogen fury." -CornMonkey "5. When your friend dates a woman that is absolutely terrible for him, and she's wrecking his life, it's your duty to openly hate her, and point out how evil she is." -ialsohaveadream

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11-09-2005, 08:00 PM	#6
DarkFury Secretary of the Navy Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Chillin' N Da 'Hood Posts: 34,997	Actually, you can buy these for around $199 if you know where to look... For that price point... its a VERY nice card, especially if it comes close to the GeForce 6800 GT performance. But still... with no AGP offerings... this just SUCKS!!!

11-09-2005, 08:30 PM	#7
shocky123 Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ames, Iowa Posts: 828	Yeah, DarkFury has it exactly. The next step down from this performance wise.. (assuming this performs similarily to the 6800GT)... would be the 6600GT which from what I've seen slightly outperforms the 6800/6800LE(SE).. the 6600GT will cost you 150'ish, and the 6800GT runs about 250 So I'd say about 200 bucks would be a good price for the 6800GS. And quite frankly, I can justify an extra 50 bucks on the performance gain that you'd see if the 6800GS performs closely to the 6800GT. However, I still cannot justify the 250 bucks for the card, but that's probably because I'm in school, once I get rich or something, then yeah.... At any rate, 6800GS idea is good, but not having AGP support just makes it another attempt to cram the market with cheaper pci-e cards.. What they should be doing is evaluating whether or not they can introduce a '7800GS' model that would drop the price of a 7800 into the sub-$300 price range. I dont care who you are.. $330 bucks for a video card is a lot.. $299 or $285 or something would seem to me much closer to affordable than unreasonable. ~Kyle

11-10-2005, 03:30 PM	#8
nate el bueno Spawn of Markel Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: IL Posts: 1,246	yeah, newegg is selling evga's for 210, but xfx overclocked theirs a lot more, and it's only about 5 more http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150118

11-14-2005, 08:55 AM	#9
SmokeyDP Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Middlesex, NJ Posts: 541	Yeah I also need the AGP version.

11-14-2005, 09:26 AM	#10
DarkFury Secretary of the Navy Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Chillin' N Da 'Hood Posts: 34,997	Now the thing is.... Is this the time right to buy a new mobo and CPU just so we can have access to the "latest greatest" video cards.... or should we just stay put with what we got for another year? Man it really sucks when manufacturers "artificially" determine that standards have changed and legacy support goes away... At least the last time this happened (when PCI video cards went extinct in favor of AGP), there was enough of a lead time to get a decent mobo using the same chipset of your current CPU and same memory to lessen the pain of a switchover... As I see it now... we are being forced to change both the CPU and the mobo just to buy an updated videocard.

11-18-2005, 11:28 AM	#11
DarkFury Secretary of the Navy Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Chillin' N Da 'Hood Posts: 34,997	Well ain't this a flip... check this out: http://www.techpowerup.com/?6541 http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27736 Geeez... and I just went ahead and bought a BFG GeForce 6800GT OC!!! I swear they must have my computer tapped to know when I was gonna give in an make a purchase to go announcing that right afterwards!!!! Oh well.. on the bright side, the BFG part is overclocked above a normal GT, so in the end, I guess it is a better part... but still... DAYUUUM!!!!!!!

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