Pick your Next-Gen poison

GeForce 8600 and GeForce 8300 are the two series of graphics cards which will fill the void beneath NVIDIA's already launched 8800 series. Based on the G84 core 8600 Ultra and GT will have 64 and 48 shader processors respectively with cores running at 500MHz and 350MHz. With a 256-bit memory bus and memory speeds at 1400MHz and 1200MHz the cards will replace the 7600 series of today. The launch date for these cards is about the same as for when ATI will launch R600, that is, around CeBIT at the start of March. Except from the 8600 series Bear Eyes has also published specifications for 8300 GT and 8300 GS (via VR-Zone).

These cards will replace the 7300 series of today and is based on the G86, an 80nm core. The number of shader processors has been halved to 32 and 24 respectively, while both cores will work at 500MHz. The GT model will have slightly faster memories though, 1200MHz vs. 1000MHz. With a 128-bit bus and up to 256MB the performance will most likely be reflected by the price. Below is a table with the cards of today completed with the coming.

Name	Shaders	Core(MHz)	Memory(MHz)	Memory(MB)	Memory(buss)	Price
8800GTX	128	575	1800	768	384bit	$599
8800GTS	96	500	1600	640	320bit	$399
8800GTS	96	500	1600	320	320bit	$299
8600 Ul.	64	500	1400	<512	256bit	$179
8600 GT	48	350	1200	<256	256bit	$129
8300 GT	32	500	1200	<256	128bit	<$99
8300 GS	24	500	1000	<256	128bit	<$79