News First GeForce 9 series GPU to be launched on Feb 21

[Tefra]

Nvidia is planning to launch its first GeForce 9 series graphics chip, the GeForce 9600 GT (G94), for the mid-range market on February 21, according to sources at graphics card makers. The 9600 GT adopts a 65nm process and is manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). The GPU sees an increase in processing units, 64, and memory bus width, 256-bit, over previous 8600 GTS cards, 32 and 128-bit. The GPU's performance should see an increase of over 40% compared to the 8600 GTS, said the sources.

GeForce 9600 GT graphics cards will be priced at around US$169-189, with GeForce 8600 GTS pricing expected to be adjusted to the US$139-149 range, revealed the sources.

Source: digitimes.com

[Azrael]

Nvidia, always the little bit at a time kind of people :P, sounds good though, I thought the 8600gt would be 256-bit.... but I guess better late than never.

[weasel]

can't wait for 9800 series

[datoekplgd]

After Radeon 4000 series and now nVidia 9000 series...wohooo

I need some advice guys, I'm about to put my Radeon HD2600 Pro for an early retirement.

My budget is around $100~$200,which card should I pick based on your opinion?

I've got two candidates: Radeon 3850 and nVidia 8800GT.

8800GT is faster but 3850 has DX10.1 support

And what about those new 9600GT? Any benchmarks yet? (I wrote this on Feb 22) the release date on those new 9000 cards is...yesterday)

Thanks in advance guys.

[weasel]

i would go for the 8800gt but the 3850 has directx 10.1 support its a bit of a dilemma

[datoekplgd]

Thanks weasel.
I think I"ll go for 8800GT for now. I red some reviews on these card. Still faster than those new 9600GT...a bit pricey too

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Z...Edition/1.html

Switching to nVidia again (my last nVidia card was a FX5700)

[weasel]

fx5700 thats along time ago i have a fx5900xt that is still running in my second pc

[KillerSneak]

Go for the 8800GT, name 1 game that is ready for DX10.1 hell even crytec said they won't support 10.1 at all / for a long time m8.. You should be fine for a long time with thr 8800GT (just my 2 cent's tough)