Nvidia is apparently going to bury us in new video cards on April 17th.

Posted By: Steve McBarnes - 01:11:50 Mon, March 19, 2007

There are reports out there suggesting that Nvidia will be launching about 6 new 8000 series video cards on April 17th. Apparently some of these video cards (or maybe all 6) will be hard launched on that day. NGOHQ.com tells us that the 8300 GS, 8400 GS, 8500 GT, 8600 GT, 8600 GTS and the 8800 Ultra will all be "released" on the same day. They go on to spread hope to the AGP faithful by saying that Nvidia will be launching AGP versions of the 7900 GS and and 7950 GT soon as well.

X-bit labs also has a few things to say on this subject.

18 Comments

Monday, March 19, 2007 5:28:07 PM

Mach5Motorsport
n00b

From the X-bit lab report:
"Some Nvidia%u2019s partners are also claimed to have promised to introduce an AGP version of the GeForce 7900 GS and GeForce 7950 GT solutions. In other words, XFX will no longer be the only Nvidia partner to offer graphics cards like that."

I'm sure that angers the PCIe only crowd and furthers the conspiracy theories. :0

Monday, March 19, 2007 5:57:58 PM

Wraithdagger
guest

Oh come ON. We seriously need to drop AGP already...

Hmmm... death for ATI, anyone?

Monday, March 19, 2007 9:06:48 PM

anonymous
guest

Ati Akbar! But in all seriousness ati better get it's act together to catch up to nvidia.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 4:24:02 AM

aliquidparadigm
Senior Member

These cards (excluding the 8800 Ultra, of course) will release with the highest price point being around $200; the X1950XT will absolutely destroy any single one of these in in-game performance. Period.

But the 8800 is still the best card in the world.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:33:14 AM

KARacing
Member

I have seen this same info on a couple of other forums and blogs - they also indicate that the 7xxx Family will be EOL by April 28th. This does not seem to make much sense if there are board makers that are making AGP versions of the 7900 and 7950 GPUs. Has anyone heard anything specific about future 7xxx GPU availability?

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:34:56 AM

KARacing
Member

Let's hope that this flood of cards comes with a better Vista driver as well....

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 12:06:39 PM

Mach5Motorsport
n00b

aliquidparadigm said: "the X1950XT will absolutely destroy any single one of these in in-game performance. Period." Assuming it will avoid the problems of the x1950 Pro. Might have to do with the drivers.

However, Nvidia and its partners can easily flood the market with cards of all flavors and price points.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 12:32:30 PM

EKR
guest

Yeah, why do they keep releasing cards for AGP?, I don't understand!
Why not push forward PCI-E when PCI-E 2.0 will be backwards compatible?

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 7:54:57 PM

Ekans
guest

i think nvidia wants to EOL the 7 series cause remember Direct9 DIE, Long Live to the King D10

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 7:57:15 PM

Ekans
guest

and i hope the price of the actual 8800gtx drops when the Ultra shows up, i need a change but damm 600 dlls plus 100 for the watter block is to much

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 12:51:15 AM

we had ~3 levels of perfo
guest

now there will be...6? 7? one must do his or her homework pretty badly in order to get best bang for the buck with so many new faces on the market.unles the manufacturers stick with the 8600gs.gt etc specs and dont cop out and put lower bandwith or some crap like that on them, hard decision times are approaching...
have fun.i know i will :D

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 1:11:14 PM

anonymous
guest

Now I'm going to be in a pickel. I was going to spend about 400 on a new card at the beginning of the summer.....what will be at that range then?

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 3:26:47 PM

anonymous
guest

8800 GTX will be around 400$ at that time.

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 10:06:39 PM

Ekans
guest

i dont think 8800 drop to $400, 200 dlls is to much, the 7950cx2 just drop $100 when 8800 show

Monday, March 26, 2007 3:14:38 AM

Kwipper
guest

Here is what I don't get. The main advantage in having an 8800 Graphics card is the DX10 gaming performance. So why in the hell would anyone even attempt to get anything below an 8600. Those cards wouldn't be able to run any DX10 games well at all.

Monday, March 26, 2007 10:48:29 AM

anonymous
guest

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....well it looks like I'll be playing the waiting game then

Monday, March 26, 2007 6:07:56 PM

Well, a price drop at all is still viable, as it will allow for even more stolen customers for ATI, imo. I'll be one of them within a few weeks if ATI still refuses to say anything.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007 11:12:05 AM

KARacing
Member

Seeing some rumbling on the web that the new line may slip a bit due to respin of the G84 and G86 -- Anyone see or hear anything credible on this front?

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