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I recently covered the 8600 GTS and went into greater detail about G84, the chip behind NVIDIA's new mid-range DX10 parts, so if you wish to learn more about the five new cards NVIDIA introduced this week or check the comprehensive review on the 8600 GTS, follow this link.
The 8600 GTS has received a lukewarm reception, but with its lower price tag, does the 8600 GT fair any better?

So far the GeForce 8 series has been met with great affection, and as expected, NVIDIA have today (well yesterday) announced the missing pieces of the jigsaw. For all intent and purpose, the Geforce 8 series line up is now complete from top to bottom, DX10 galore is now at the feet of the masses.
NVIDIAs new mid range DX10 parts are here, let's start with the 8600 GTS.

NVIDIA has absolutely dominated the GPU market for the last six months, what with ATI/AMD's DX10 parts nowhere to be seen, and recently the 8600 series completed their DX10 line up from top to bottom, or so we thought! Last week saw the introduction of yet another card from the green camp, but this time it's seriously, stupendously high end -- the 8800 Ultra. Yes the Ultra moniker is back. So why are NVIDIA adding this card to the pack when they have no real AMD threat on the radar? To tell you the truth, I'm not quite sure...

NVIDIA has absolutely dominated the GPU market for the last six months, what with ATI/AMD's DX10 parts nowhere to be seen, and recently the 8600 series completed their DX10 line up from top to bottom, or so we thought! Last week saw the introduction of yet another card from the green camp, but this time it's seriously, stupendously high end -- the 8800 Ultra. Yes the Ultra moniker is back. So why are NVIDIA adding this card to the pack when they have no real AMD threat on the radar? To tell you the truth, I'm not quite sure...
We take a look at the fastest card in EVGA's lineup.

So far the GeForce 8 series has been met with great affection, and as expected, NVIDIA have today (well yesterday) announced the missing pieces of the jigsaw. For all intent and purpose, the Geforce 8 series line up is now complete from top to bottom, DX10 galore is now at the feet of the masses.

I'm not going to beat about the bush here, ATI (i'm going to use AMD from this moment forth) have sadly cocked up again and left the market wide open for NVIDIA, it's sad, but it's true. R600 has had so many issues surrounding its launch (still does) that many who were holding on for one are beggining to give up and instead go for a GeForce 8 series card. Currently AMD have little realistic options to offer users in the high to upper mid range sector, and it's getting worse by the day (8600 series imminent!).

NVIDIA launched the first release of their next generation GeForce 9 GPU architecture today and this time the company decided to come out with a mainstream, more reasonably priced offering first, versus the traditional high-end, pricey flagship boards that are typically showcased for the introduction of a new graphics processor.

I'm not going to beat about the bush here, ATI (i'm going to use AMD from this moment forth) have sadly cocked up again and left the market wide open for NVIDIA, it's sad, but it's true. R600 has had so many issues surrounding its launch (still does) that many who were holding on for one are beggining to give up and instead go for a GeForce 8 series card. Currently AMD have little realistic options to offer users in the high to upper mid range sector, and it's getting worse by the day (8600 series imminent!).

NVIDIA launched the GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 260 graphics cards on June 17, 2008. Both are based on the NVIDIA GT200 GPU which uses NVIDIA's improved, second-generation unified architecture.