New Nvidia Mid-Range DX10 Cards Unveiled

[Balthazard]

Many enthusiasts have been waiting to get a glimpse at Nvidia's mid-range graphics cards based around G84 and G86. The wait is over as MSI was showing cards based on the two new GPUs on its stand at the show.

Using a process of elimination and twenty probing questions (no rubber gloves needed - Ed), we worked out that G84 is used in Nvidia's mid-range GeForce 8600/8500 cards and there will be at least two SKUs based on the chip.

MSI was showing both GeForce 8600 GT and GeForce 8500 GT parts with interesting aftermarket cooling solutions. There were two 8600 GT cards, one diamond and one standard, and a GeForce 8500 GT too. Both G84 and G86 support HDMI, and one of the GeForce 8600 GT cards had an HDMI connector.

From what we can gather after spending quite some time looking at the cards, there's no on-board sound processing on GeForce 8600/8500/8300, or at least this is the case with MSI's implementations. Instead, audio sent over HDMI is transferred to the card via a cable from the sound card to an S/PDIF connector on the PCB.

G86, on the other hand, is Nvidia's low end GeForce 8300, but we can't confirm the number of different model numbers in the 8300 family at the moment. MSI was showing just the one G86 based card, but being the low end, we reckon there's going to be more. The card we saw was low-profile and had both HDMI and DVI connectors along with a passive cooling solution. We've attached some images of the various cards on show below.

Source: bit-tech.net | G84 and G86 based graphics cards pixellated

And Some Short info...

Edit:Added some prices these are still not 100% so use them as a indication.
8600GTS 200/250 Dollar With 256MB or 512 Mem @2Ghz and the COre @675Mhz (The 256MB will cost 199 Dollar)
8600GT 150/180 Dollar With 128MB or 256 Mem @1.4Ghz and the Core @540Mhz
8600GS 159/165 Dollar With ???MB Mem @1.4 And the Core @550MHZ

Attached Images

Geforce 8600.JPG (18.3 KB, 27 views)

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Last edited by Balthazard; March 22nd, 2007 at 20:43..

[Wonder]

I've been eyeing the 8600 GT, looks promising and hopefully the pricing range is fair on these new cards.

[Balthazard]

Originally Posted by sbrown

I've been eyeing the 8600 GT, looks promising and hopefully the pricing range is fair on these new cards.

Added some prices so see for yourself

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[dashboardy]

nvidia's pulling the strangle hold on ati...
those prices are incredible.

[Wonder]

Originally Posted by Balthazard

Added some prices so see for yourself

Wow those prices look incredibly competitive.... from what I've gathered on the ATI thread Nvidia does look like it's pretty much got this generation under wraps.

[skoreanime]

Originally Posted by sbrown

Wow those prices look incredibly competitive.... from what I've gathered on the ATI thread Nvidia does look like it's pretty much got this generation under wraps.

As they did the last generation too . AMD needs to get off their @$$'s now, this should be a wake up call to them.

[Smooth Criminal]

yeah i love nvidia

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[Mad]

A 8300 would be great already for me.

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[Holic]

I love nvidia for this

lets see how ati react

it will be good for the consumer at the end of the day.

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