http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/ Engadget Comments for NVIDIA's GeForce 8600 series brings DX10 without breaking the bank http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/Feb 2nd 2007 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/Feb 2nd 2007 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/Feb 2nd 2007 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/
I would love to read some reviews on these cards. But if they're decent performers, these cards are gonna sell like hotcakes at this price.]]>Feb 2nd 2007 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/Feb 2nd 2007 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/Feb 2nd 2007 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/Feb 2nd 2007 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/
Thsi will put it somewhere aroudn the 7900GS level in DirectX *9*. Which coincidently is at the same price point, just with DirectX10 support.]]>Feb 2nd 2007 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/Feb 2nd 2007 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/Feb 2nd 2007 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/500MHz core GPU speed, the 8600GT is only 350MHz.

It will be interesting to compare the 8300GT and 8600GT, for some tasks (like HD decode) I think the cheaper 8300GT will be faster!]]>Feb 2nd 2007 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/I want to upgrade my antique skt754 system with its 5900Ultra, but I don't want to spend more than 200 on a vid card...AND I want DX10 so I don't need to upgrade again for a few years.

Thank you nVidia. Hopefully AMD (ATI) will come out with a decent alternative and the price wars will commence once again.]]>Feb 2nd 2007 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/
I want to upgrade my antique skt754 system with its 5900Ultra, but I don't want to spend more than 200 on a vid card...AND I want DX10 so I don't need to upgrade again for a few years."

Isn't your 5900Ultra AGP? It isn't clear if there will be any DX10 cards in the AGP format.
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You sure get a lot more for $30!]]>Feb 3rd 2007 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/Feb 3rd 2007 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/Feb 3rd 2007 4:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/Feb 3rd 2007 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/Feb 3rd 2007 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/Feb 3rd 2007 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/Feb 5th 2007 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/Feb 5th 2007 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/Feb 9th 2007 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/nvidias-geforce-8600-series-brings-dx10-without-breaking-the-ba/
Come summer 2009, that's when the first serious wave of DX10 games will hit that require a bit more punch to run at full settings. But, early impressions are that the 8800GTS 640mb will run CRYSIS at full settings with a very nice framerate if you have a nice processor.

Good luck!
The 320MB version is $100 less but will not be future proof even through the end of the year if you plan to play the newest "shiniest" games.

I got my EVGA 8800GTS 640MB through tigerdirect for $389.99 with a $30 rebate making it $359.00. Hard to argue with that.]]>Apr 19th 2007 9:13PM