The Holiday Stop Gap: GeForce 6800 GS
by Derek Wilson on November 7, 2005 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Battlefield 2 Performance
With the first of our performance tests, a trend emerges that we might as well get used to early on. The 6800 GS performs almost identically to the 6800 GT. The pipeline and clock speed differences seem to cancel each other out and give the 6800 GS quite a bit of punch for about $100 less than the 6800 GT. Not only this, but the 6800 GS handily beats out the X800 GTO and the X800 XL in this benchmark. With the GTO priced slightly lower and the X800 XL a little higher, the 6800 GS leads not only NVIDIA's own camp, but ATI's as well.
With the first of our performance tests, a trend emerges that we might as well get used to early on. The 6800 GS performs almost identically to the 6800 GT. The pipeline and clock speed differences seem to cancel each other out and give the 6800 GS quite a bit of punch for about $100 less than the 6800 GT. Not only this, but the 6800 GS handily beats out the X800 GTO and the X800 XL in this benchmark. With the GTO priced slightly lower and the X800 XL a little higher, the 6800 GS leads not only NVIDIA's own camp, but ATI's as well.
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bob661 - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
Where can you get one of these? I have someone that would be interested.DerekWilson - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
i linked it on the first page of the article ...http://labs.anandtech.com/search.php?q=6800gs">http://labs.anandtech.com/search.php?q=6800gs
flynnsk - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
WOW ... another PAPER LAUNCH....According to AT the 6800GS is available today.. yet searching several Etailers and Manufacturer sites show either nothing at all or at most "backordered".
Newegg - Nothing
Zipzoomfly - Natta
Pricewatch - Zip
Amazon - "unable to find exact matches for your search for 6800GS"
PNY- "BACKORDEREDSHIPPING SOON!"
Chaintech - (none) http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/eng/product_list.as...">http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/eng/product_list.as...
Albatron -(none) http://www.albatron.com.tw/english/it/vga/pro_list...">http://www.albatron.com.tw/english/it/vga/pro_list...
eVGA.com (none) http://evga.com/products/prodlist.asp?family=GeFor...">http://evga.com/products/prodlist.asp?family=GeFor...
Innovision - http://www.ivmm.com/where/where_america.htm">http://www.ivmm.com/where/where_america.htm (None available)
Leadtek - http://www.leadtek.com/graphic.html">http://www.leadtek.com/graphic.html (none)
MSI - http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_list.asp?clas...">http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_list.asp?clas... (NONE)
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Anandtech: "And today NVIDIA brings the fight back to their door with another product launch that's available on the day it's announced."
ie. It's ok if Nvidia paper launches products, we'll just overlook that for now..
route66 - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
You suck at trolling.Jedi2155 - Tuesday, November 8, 2005 - link
Agreed.bob661 - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
If you actually read the article you'll notice that Derek mentioned that EVGA will be the only manufacturer of this card AND it will only last a few months. ALSO, Monarch Computers has it in stock for $229.Pythias - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
How's that crow taste? :) $209@newegg.flynnsk - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
Look closer at Monarch and you will see the 6800GS is NOT in stock, its available through special order only atm.. as far as evga being the only manufacturer.. LOL not according to nVidia(Nvidia product release):[quote]NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS-based graphics cards are available for immediate purchase at approximately $249 USD from many of the world’s leading add-in card makers, including: Albatron, Chaintech Computer Co. Ltd., eVGA.com Corporation, Galaxy, Innovision, Leadtek Research Inc., MSI Computer Corporation, Palit Microsystems, Inc., PNY Technologies, 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.[/quote]
nvidia.com
bob661 - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
This from the article. Derek, can you comment on this? Thanks.bob661 - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
BZZZTTT! It IS in stock. No special order. Check the http://tinyurl.com/clxpf.