On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:07:15 -0700, noman
wrote:

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:27:12 GMT, (John Lewis)
wrote:

IN STOCK

See:-

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=327726

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=327724

These are the weakest mid-range nVidia release in years. 6600GT was an
incredibly successful card and 7600GT was not bad either.

8600GT is slower in most games when compared to similarly priced
X1950Pro (and also X1900XT and 7900GT on bargain), especially when
going above 1280x1024.

8800GTS 320meg is a much better card. Buy.com is selling it for
$220-230 after rebate.

AMD now has the opportunity to hit back in the mid-range market with
their RV630 and RV610 based cards. The next month will be interesting.
--
Noman

Ah, you missed something. One of the major target market for these
graphics cards is the rapidly-expanding HTPC market. Both the G84 and
G86 have the most comprehensive video decoding hardware of any GPU
silicon to date - thus requiring a very modest (ie inexpensive and
cool) CPU. And the G84/8600GT/S has built in HDCP covering both DVI
outputs, which are also BOTH dual-link.

BTW, the 8600GTS is no slouch. Roughly equivalent in performance to
my trusty 7800GTX/256meg which is still giving me great service. (For
gaming, I run my equally-trusty 20" CRT @ 1280x960x85Hz with modest AA
and Aniso cranked in, CPU 4400+ Toledo o/c ). I will be upgrading my
system towards the end of 2007, when Nvidia will be on their
second-gen 8800 variants and Penryn quad-cores are coming on-line.

John Lewis