sublime0

Why do we depend on 3dmark for answers on performance? This is good.
Why not? Looks like it will do very well to me

OMG.. No it doesnt!

Ikon

3DMark has a different formula that gives you total score (3DMark score).
You can´t plus things up.

KSIMP88

How can you be disappointed with the 8600s? Have you tried out a 8600GTS? It runs circles around your 7600GT

Astroz

Not really, no.

Also the 8600GTS is about $130-180...

alk

There was far too much of a gap between 8600GTS and 8800GTS when it was released IMO. Thats why. When a 7600GT is marginally worse than a 7800GS.

KSIMP88

That just means the 8800s are so much better...
The 8500s are a lot better than the 7400s
The 8600s are a lot better than the 7600s
The 8800s are a helluva lot better than the 7800/7900s

pbpenguins412

This kind of thinking is exactly why the 8600 series was so disappointing. It barely outperformed the 7600GT, but cost $50 more. The midrange has traditionally been an area where you get 75% of the high-end performance for 50% of the price; the 8600 GT/GTS offered 30% of the performance of the 8800 series for 50% of the price... hence, BAD PRICE/PERFORMANCE.

You think your 8600GTS can outperform his 7600GT? Maybe, but you paid 50% more for your card to get a few hundred more points in 3DMark06. My old $125 7900GS will best your card in real games, particularly at my resolution of 1680x1050. The $120 X1950 Pro makes the 8600GT look like a joke, and even beats the $150-200 priced 8600GTS.

The fact remains that after the launch of the G92 GPU, there is still a HUGE gap between the "mid-range" and the "high-end" in the GeForce 8 series. The 8800GT was intended to fill the gap between the 8600 GTS and the 8800GTS, but ended up surpassing the 8800GTS. Nvidia doesn't want to cannibalize any more G92's than they have to, so the 8800GS is a stopgap.

Gentlemen, what we *finally* have here is a worthy successor to the one-two punch of the 6600GT/7600GT series. It will offer 75% of the 8800GTX's performance for less than 30% of the price on launch, and with driver improvements, this will mature into an even better card. This is the card that Nvidia should have released in 2007 for the 8-series midrange, not that POS that the 8600 series was.

Face it: 64 SP's of the same architecture beats 32, no matter how you spin it. The 9600GT will be a worthy successor to the x600 series crown.

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Mr.MidЯange

I might pick up one of these (9600) to replace my 8600GTS. Would be a fair upgrade, since my 8600GTS really blows in most benchmarks (well, not blows, competes against 7900GS).

Beastyy

I might have to pick one of these bad boys up

HrnyGoat

How does it suck when it beats the living snot out of the 8600GTS and the 2600XT, as well as the 3670? This card is everything the 8600 series should have been, and more.

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