NVIDIA 's New GeForce 6800 GS!

Dashken · Nov 8, 2005

GS? Oh goodness (evil grin). NVIDIA unveiled a new, powerful budget GeForce card which plays all the latest games (well) and won't force you to eat Top Ramen for the rest of the month. Here's more from Tech Report:

Fortunately, as technology progresses, computer power does get cheaper over time, and that's certainly true in graphics. Case in point: NVIDIA's brand-new GeForce 6800 GS. This video card, making its debut today, packs the considerable power of a GeForce 6800 GT at the not-so-painful price of $249. Does that combination of price and performance make the GeForce 6800 GS worthy of your consideration? We aim to help you answer that question by flooding you with benchmark results until your head swims and you cry out for sweet mercy. We've tested a number of the latest games, including F.E.A.R, Serious Sam 2, and Half Life 2: Lost Coast. Keep on reading to see how the 6800 GS compares to several of its closest competitors--and whether a pair of these puppies will keep up with one of those six-hundred-dollar monsters.

Source: http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/665/665177p1.html
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Papercut · Nov 8, 2005

US$249 retail price? Wtf? I thought it was supposed to be $200. That's just stupid

jamotto · Nov 8, 2005

I'd rather go with the 6800GT

ZuePhok · Nov 8, 2005

Papercut said:

US$249 retail price? Wtf? I thought it was supposed to be $200. That's just stupid
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suggested price is usually higher than the one you get in the retail market. Manufacturers do not usually price it lower than the market as doing that will kill their board partners.

right now GS is going for 200USD in the states, which is NOT bad..

Papercut · Nov 8, 2005

That's more like it
I might pick one up if it's around A$300...another one for the list

Dashken · Nov 9, 2005

NEW NVIDIA® GEFORCE™ 6800 GS GPU AVAILABLE FOR HOLIDAY SEASON!

NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today announced the immediate availability of the new NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS graphics processing unit (GPU), the latest addition to the Company’s award-winning line-up of GPUs. Just in time to power the holiday’s hottest gaming titles, the new GeForce 6800 GS has astonishing horsepower and dramatically shifts performance expectations for graphics cards at midrange price points.

“If you look at the roster of the games anticipated to be hot for the holiday season — including Age of Empires 3™, Call of Duty™ 2, Quake™4, or Serious Sam™ 2 — the common thread is that they all support the latest 3D features and require a lot of graphics performance to deliver an enjoyable gaming experience,” stated Ujesh Desai, general manager of desktop GPUs at NVIDIA. “Graphics cards based on GeForce 6800 GS GPUs deliver the 3D eye-candy with the necessary performance for total gaming immersion, but do so at a new, lower price point.”

Based on the award-winning GeForce 6 architecture, the GeForce 6800 GS GPU features advanced gaming technologies — including Shader Model 3.0, high-dynamic range (HDR) lighting, and NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) multi-GPU technology. The GeForce 6800 GS GPU also has a 256-bit memory interface and a dedicated video processing engine that delivers virtually unmatched high-definition video playback.

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS-based graphics cards are available for immediate purchase at approximately US$249 from many of the world’s leading add-in card makers, including: Albatron, Chaintech Computer Co. Ltd., Galaxy, Innovision, Leadtek Research Inc., MSI Computer Corporation, Palit Microsystems, Inc., Point of View, Prolink, Sparkle Computer Co. Ltd., and XFX. GeForce 6800 GS-based add-in cards are available from major online retailers worldwide and are also powering PCs from the world’s leading system builders.

Source: http://www.nvidia.com/
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zachig · Nov 10, 2005

I think that the 6800GS doesn't worth the money. I would go with 6800GT or even the 6800ultra instead.

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