8600 Series

If they are supposed to be coming out tomorrow, how come I see no news? Nvidia's own sire has nothing on them. What is the story?

NDAs for benchmarks usually lift on the day of the launch. News have been
trickling in: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6932

These guys have been doing voltage mods and hardcore overclocking to this
card for over two weeks now: http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4875 . VR-Zone
probably isn't under an NDA (i.e. they got their cards from elsewhere).

Performance of the 8600GTS (at stock speeds) seems to be on par with the
7900GT (which, if you think about it, would make it slower in many games
than an X1950 Pro selling for the same price).
http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4883

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It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."

"Guest" wrote in message
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If they are supposed to be coming out tomorrow, how come I see no news?
Nvidia's own sire has nothing on them. What is the story?

"First of One" wrote in message
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NDAs for benchmarks usually lift on the day of the launch. News have been
trickling in: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6932

These guys have been doing voltage mods and hardcore overclocking to this
card for over two weeks now: http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4875 . VR-Zone
probably isn't under an NDA (i.e. they got their cards from elsewhere).

Performance of the 8600GTS (at stock speeds) seems to be on par with the
7900GT (which, if you think about it, would make it slower in many games
than an X1950 Pro selling for the same price).
http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4883

--
"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."

"Guest" wrote in message
. ..
If they are supposed to be coming out tomorrow, how come I see no news?
Nvidia's own sire has nothing on them. What is the story?

Thanks, but I got tired of waiting and I just ordered a 8800gts. I keep
seeing a 128-bit bus on the 8600's anyway. All I was doing was holding out
for the video capture anyway...

Guest wrote:
"First of One" wrote in message
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NDAs for benchmarks usually lift on the day of the launch. News have been
trickling in: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6932

These guys have been doing voltage mods and hardcore overclocking to this
card for over two weeks now: http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4875 . VR-Zone
probably isn't under an NDA (i.e. they got their cards from elsewhere).

Performance of the 8600GTS (at stock speeds) seems to be on par with the
7900GT (which, if you think about it, would make it slower in many games
than an X1950 Pro selling for the same price).
http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4883

--
"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."

"Guest" wrote in message
. ..
If they are supposed to be coming out tomorrow, how come I see no news?
Nvidia's own sire has nothing on them. What is the story?

Thanks, but I got tired of waiting and I just ordered a 8800gts. I keep
seeing a 128-bit bus on the 8600's anyway. All I was doing was holding out
for the video capture anyway...



All the early reviews seem to point at the G84/86 being intentionally
crippled by it's weak bus size. I think NVIDIA got scared that a
midrange part with a 256-bit bus, 1/2 to 2/3 the shader units and and
enough clock speed might encroach on the 8800GTS 320MB. Nevertheless,
you'd be nuts to get an 8600 (roughly 220-240'ish) when a 8800GTS can be
had for 279 bucks and a 20 dollar rebate!

"deimos" wrote in message
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Guest wrote:
"First of One" wrote in message
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NDAs for benchmarks usually lift on the day of the launch. News have
been trickling in: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6932

These guys have been doing voltage mods and hardcore overclocking to
this card for over two weeks now: http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4875 .
VR-Zone probably isn't under an NDA (i.e. they got their cards from
elsewhere).

Performance of the 8600GTS (at stock speeds) seems to be on par with the
7900GT (which, if you think about it, would make it slower in many games
than an X1950 Pro selling for the same price).
http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4883

--
"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."

"Guest" wrote in message
. ..
If they are supposed to be coming out tomorrow, how come I see no news?
Nvidia's own sire has nothing on them. What is the story?

Thanks, but I got tired of waiting and I just ordered a 8800gts. I keep
seeing a 128-bit bus on the 8600's anyway. All I was doing was holding
out for the video capture anyway...

All the early reviews seem to point at the G84/86 being intentionally
crippled by it's weak bus size. I think NVIDIA got scared that a midrange
part with a 256-bit bus, 1/2 to 2/3 the shader units and and enough clock
speed might encroach on the 8800GTS 320MB. Nevertheless, you'd be nuts to
get an 8600 (roughly 220-240'ish) when a 8800GTS can be had for 279 bucks
and a 20 dollar rebate!

Lol! That is the one that I got! I won't get it for 3 days however...