Nvidia readies mid-range GeForce 9600 GT

[Gigacore]

Nvidia has begun attempting to tempt its graphics card manufacturer partners with the GeForce 9600 GT chip, leaked presentation slides have revealed. Nvidia will pitch the part as "big on performance, easy on the wallet".

The GPU, apparently codenamed 'D9M', is a DirectX 10, Shader Model 4.0 product designed for PCI Express 2.0 cards. It'll be fabbed at 65nm, and Nvidia claims it will deliver a performance boost of up to 90 per cent over the GeForce 8600 GTS.

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[naveen_reloaded]

Now thats Gona be a hit...
This is what i have been waiting for...guess the price guys

 

[MetalheadGautham]

lets see:

9000 is onboard
9400 is the basic just works type card
9600 is mid range performer
9800 is the ultimate beast

so what about 9200?

 

[Third Eye]

90% over 8600 gts

Thanks for the info. giga

 

[Gigacore]

its getting cheaper and cheaper..yet more performance *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/39a.gif

 

[nvidia]

Thanks for the info

 

[abhijit_reddevil]

Thanks for the info. So at last it can tackle Crysis at 1280 X 1024 @ 50-60fps. When is the expected release date?

 

[The_Devil_Himself]

^^initial prices are gonna be highly exaggerated.This is how there biatches work.Don't expect a price lower than 40-50k for 9800gtx and 10-12k for 9600gt.

 

[naveen_reloaded]

sooner 8600gt will come even more cheaper if these big daddies come into market..

 

[The_Devil_Himself]

^^I already bought one for 5.2k,I waited for its prices to come down to ~5k from 10k.

 

[x3060]

i will upgrade my 7600gt then....thats my tatics for now, wait for 2 gen , then upgrade .

 

[dOm1naTOr]

@x3060
same for me..I didn't get 8600GT coz there is only minor performance boost from ma current 7600GT. ill make up for it with gud ocing like 690/1620 clocks.
i was thinking bout 8800GT nd the new 8800GS, but wait. I can play 90% games at gud quality on ma current monitor's max res now. So i think i can hold the horses till 9600 nd 9800.

 

[Voldy]

Now thats one called as "the great news"

 

[ratedrsuperstar]

i'm keeping aside 8k for it.hopefully atleast "the easy on wallet" tagline should be true

 

[iMav]

hmmmm so where does this leave 8800gt

 

[DigitalDude]

^^^

behind.

wat else.

 

[goobimama]

Nice stuff. These cards are really tempting to buy even though I don't play games

 

[dOm1naTOr]

There is not much things to do with it which u cant do witha gud onboard other than playing if things went as u said, goobi.

 

[goobimama]

Well that's the thing. I bought a 7900GT and I haven't played a single game on it

 

[Pathik]

But you are heavily into animation and 3D modelling and stuff na?