Inquirer: 8300 GS/GT and 8600 GT/Ultra.

[jared17]

The 8600 Ultra is calling my name

 

[Phrantic]

How is the 8600 Ultra thought to fight up against the 7900GT? Worth the upgrade to DX10, or no performance difference really?

I recall the 6800 Ultra being better than the 7600GS... The price sounds great but I'm curious how well it would perform.

 

[RalliArt882]

Wow that's really something. I won't make a move until ATI gives out their roadmap also though.

 

[TriEclipse]

How is the 8600 Ultra thought to fight up against the 7900GT?

Which is why I can't wait for the benchmarks. Nvidia went the Unified Shader route, so there's no way to compare the specs with previous cards.

 

[Private_Shon]

well, people were saying that performance from cards that have direct X 10 were like direct x 9 cards running dx8.

 

[TriEclipse]

Which only makes it even more complicated than it already is because there is no correlation between DX8-->DX9 and DX9-->DX10.

 

[j12]

if it fits my budget then i'll get the 8600ultra.

 

[Lord AnthraX]

Why the heck is that thing so small!?!?


I don't see any PCI-Express Power Connectors.




Still, 8600 Ultra looks pretty sweet for the price.

 

[hmammen]

now i have a good reason to sell my agp rig....

 

[Apokalipse]

so now they're going to use the Ultra name again?

why can't they just stick with one naming scheme?