8800GT specs from Foxconn site. Dare I say official?

[SpeedyVV]

Saw this on another forum:
http://www.foxconnchannel.com/product/GraphicCards/detail_overview.aspx?ID=en-us0000048#

So I think this is as official as it gets other than from nVidia.

And the 8800GT is a g96 and not a g92

Specs from page

GPU： NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT
Core： G96
CoreClock： 600MHz
Pixel Pipeline：
Vertex Pipeline：
RAMDACs： 400MHz
Memory Type： GDDR3
Memory Size： 512MB
Memory Clock： 1800MHz
Memory Interface： 256bit
Graphics Bus Technology： PCI Express x16, Gen 2.0
Cooler： Fansink
Connectors： DL DVI-I + DL DVI-I + HDTV
Special Features： Full DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0 Support
PCI Express 2.0
Full HDCP Support
16x Anti-aliasing Technology
128-bit High Dynamic-Range Lighting
Essential for Windows Vista™

And it appears like they are for sale at around $250 price point!!

Not sure how good these sources are though:
http://www.google.com/products?clie...ficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=8800GT&um=1&ie=UTF-8

Ignore the 1st reference in the about google search. It is actually a GTS 320mb for sale at ~$350.00 on ebay. Good luck to that dude.

 

[08nwsula]

I would say that looks pretty credible, and that card looks about as fruity as you could ever possibly get. they might have well just slapped a teletubbies turd on it.

 

[Hatman]

Yep thats official, Foxconn are official nvidia parteners. But it doesn't reveal anything new unfortunately, most important thing is the number of stream processors.

 

[bruce555]

The G96 thing really has me interested with this. Now it makes me wonder what the G92 is going to be. I'm pretty sure that they're just going to unlock a few shaders and call it a G92. Very interested and looking forward to see what comes of it.

 

[lostandwandering]

Or will the GT be the G96 and the update for the GTS 640 be G92? So many possibilities. All we can do is speculate.


My that is one fruity card foxconn has there.

 

[pidesd]

what were the heatsink painters smokin when they designed the thing? or maybe the hole where the fan is has a second meaning...

 

[lostandwandering]

lol, I can't believe you just went there.

 

[SpeedyVV]

folks behave!!!!

I initially thought the picture was a fake because, of the design, but I went to foxconn, and it is consistent with the other 8800 cards.

BTW, hatman says this looks legit, so pleeeeeaaaseeee dont turn this into another speculation thread.

Go ahead and start a "G96==8800GT, means G92==8900" thread somewhere else.

Just kidding I say we get a 1 teraflop high end GPU before x'mas!!! At least I want one from eVGA so I can stepUp to it

 

[randomizer]

Well the link no longer works so they must have removed it. Maybe they got the specs wrong

 

[SpeedyVV]

Well the link no longer works so they must have removed it. Maybe they got the specs wrong

I have a feeling that nVidia got wind off it, and gave them a call :lol:

Or maybe someone in the Web Hosting department is getting a good smacking right now, for not being able to tell the diff between staging server and production server.

Or most likely, they did it on purpose. Nothing like a little teaser.

 

[randomizer]

I still don't believe the G96 part, I reckon it's a typo, but probably deliberate from Nvidia to see how much the public are anticipating this thing. Just google "foxconn 8800gt" and see how much this got around.

 

[sunny27]

that 250$ price tag sure did look good!

 

[eternallydead]

I believe the g96 part. if you think about it...

ATI is supposedly releasing the new 3 serries, so nvidia has to respond to that. since nvidia had suck a lead already, they prolly will do the GT, and an 8800 gs/gtx refresh

 

[BatCommander64]

Will PCIE 2.0 be able to downclock itself and run on PCIE 1.0?

 

[ethel]

Yes - PCIE 1.0 cards will be able to run on PCIE 2.0 boards

 

[physx7]

Yes - PCIE 1.0 cards will be able to run on PCIE 2.0 boards

Yeah but can a PCIE 2.0 card run in a PCIE 1.0 board?

 

[physx7]

Anyone?

 

[Hatman]

I believe the g96 part. if you think about it...

ATI is supposedly releasing the new 3 serries, so nvidia has to respond to that. since nvidia had suck a lead already, they prolly will do the GT, and an 8800 gs/gtx refresh

There is no g96, tahts the point, there was g92 aka 8800gt and g98 which was a very low end part.

Anyone?

Both are backwards compatible with eachother, in either case it runs at PCI-E bandwidth.

 

[nickr336]

No, it's only backwards compatible.

 

[zenmaster]

PCIE 2.0 Cards will work in PCIE 1.0 Slots.

The only drawback is they will clearly be limited by PCIE 1.0 Bandwidth.
For initial PCIE 2.0 Cards that will not be an issue.

At some future time, it may be an issue.

 

[Maziar]

PCI-E 2 cards will work in PCI-E motherboards:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mainboards/display/20070817093804.html
Note that these limitations have been revealed only for the Blitz mainboard series that uses CrossLinx chip. Other Asus mainboards on Intel P35 chipset should have no problems with PCI Express 2.0 graphics cards support.

 

[stemnin]

meh, i just got a new system, ill skip 2.0 and go 3.0 in 2009.

 

[jwolf24601]

I guess Foxconn took down the webpage. Did it confirm the 112 Stream Processors?

 

[Hatman]

Unfortunatly no, still waiting on that

 

[Hatman]

No, it's only backwards compatible.

Thats exactly the same thing. Either will work in any combination.

PCI-E2 mobo and card will run at PCI-E2 bandwidth.

PCI-E1 card and PCI-E2 mobo will run at PCI-E1.

PCI-E2 card and PCI-E1 mobo will run PCI-E1.

Simple as.