[title]Upcoming NVIDIA GPUs[/title]
System builders will get a crack at a couple new productsWe heard from NVIDIA yesterday about a couple of new products that will likely be system builder options only - the 6600 AGP and the 6800LE.?
GeForce 6600 AGP
GeForce 6600 AGP brings 6 Series features such as SM3.0, PureVideo, and Superscalar architecture to AGP mainstream, and crushes the comparable Radeon 9600 XT GPUs in performance.
Specs:
Pricing:?$149-$199 depending on the configuration
GeForce 6800 LE PCI Express
GeForce 6800 LE brings the 6800 brand and feature set to even lower price points.
Specs:
Pricing: $229 - $279 depending on the configuration
We determined that 6600 non-GT products will be around the same speed as ATI 9600XTs during our preview of the 6600GT.?If it does really creep up towards the 200$ range, we highly recommend a 6600GT instead as it is much faster (40% on the core clock alone).?The 6800LE is bit of a strange product too seeing as how during our evaluation of the BFG's 6600GT AGP, it was already nipping at the heels of a 12 pipe 6800.?It does have the wider bus and an extra vertex unit over the 6600GT so it may turn some heads.?
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