Nvidia expands GeForce line

By James Yu, GameSpot
Posted Nov 7, 2005 11:39 am PT

GeForce 6800 GS comes to market; hits $249 "sweet spot" for 3D video cards as some retailers put card into channel at even lower price point.

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Graphics manufacturer Nvidia today announced news of the GeForce 6800 GS video card. The card replaces the popular GeForce 6800 in the highly competitive $249 video card price segment.

The GeForce 6800 GS has 12-pixel pipelines and five vertex engines, just like the original GeForce 6800, but Nvidia has increased the 325MHz core clock and 350MHz memory clock speeds up to 425MHz and 500MHz, respectively, for the new GS. The GeForce 6800 GS also features 256MB GDDR3 memory and a 256-bit memory interface.

The GS variant is available in PCI Express format and is compatible with dual video card SLI systems. Nvidia recommends a 350W system power supply for single cards and a 420W supply for SLI configurations.

Nvidia GeForce 6800 GS-based cards have a $249 MSRP, but company representatives have indicated that actual retail prices will be substantially lower. EVGA- and PNY-branded GeForce 6800 GS cards are available immediately from major online retailers, including Newegg, Monarch Computer, and Zip Zoom Fly with prices in the $229-$249 range.

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venkatkiran91
Posted Mar 12, 2006 7:49 pm PT

THAT WOULD BE NICE ONLY IF I COULD UPGRADE MY AGP CARD.
the motherboard is 2 yrs old & as a result its agp slot voltage is diffrent frm the newer agp cards.
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GuShAnS
Posted Feb 18, 2006 10:56 am PT

I have the XFX extreme edition AGP version of this card and it is amazing (or atleast i think so.)It is a giant leap over my old MSI 5700LE! I highly reccomend this card if u still want to play the latest games on higher settings but u don't want 2 spend to much money...thank you Nvidia!
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latin3030
Posted Feb 14, 2006 9:21 am PT

I just sold my AGP mobo/cpu combo only to get on the "PCI Bandwagon" and they release this new awsome card...kick me to the ground why dont you!!! GEEZ!! Thats it...Im going all the way this time...no more games... im getting the ATI 1900XTX. I still miss my old AGP setup I sold for next to nothing....sob...sob....
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hittin
Posted Feb 1, 2006 9:17 am PT

Cool.
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ufopuller
Posted Jan 30, 2006 8:00 am PT

Great, just bought a new 6600. Now I can look forward to another upgrade too!
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kornikon
Posted Jan 24, 2006 10:44 am PT

XFX have also released a AGP version which looks pretty sweet, good to see that there not forgetting the masses that are still on AGP.
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DEViANce3
Posted Jan 21, 2006 9:35 pm PT

great, cant wait 2 run SLi
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Autolycus
Posted Jan 18, 2006 5:51 am PT

great...then in two weeks this will be a old news and some other superior nvidia card will hit the 250 dollar market and I would've been better off burning my money in the first place
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simy145
Posted Jan 15, 2006 10:40 pm PT

sweet
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