[geeks] GeForce 8800GT for Mac Pro Gen 1 on sale

[nate at portents.com]

>> (although the price of those is about to drop with the 9600 and 9800
>> coming to market).
>
> The 9800GTX is nothing special.
>
> 8800GTS 320MB/640MB and 8800GTX/Ultra 768MB both use the NVIDIA "G80" 90nm
> chip, with 96 and 128 pipelines active respectively, and 320-bit and
> 384-bit memory interfaces respectively (and clocked a little bit
> differently).
>
> 8800GT 256MB/512MB is an NVIDIA "G92" 65nm chip with 112 pipelines and a
> 256-bit memory interface.  Same type of pipelines as the "G80", and with a
> new dedicated part of the chip for HD video decoding offload.
>
> 9600GT 256MB/512MB is an NVIDIA "G94" 65nm chip with 64 pipelines and a
> 256-bit memory interface, same type of pipelines, also with HD video
> decoding offload.
>
> 8800GTS 512MB and 9800GTX 512MB are also NVIDIA "G92" 65nm chip, with the
> only difference that the 9800GTX has a bit of a faster clock, and they
> added another SLI connector so you can connect three together for triple
> SLI (not that SLI scales that well in most applications anyway).
>
> So, the 9800GTX is perhaps one of the biggest "yawn" products NVIDIA has
> ever introduced.  After it was introduced I went out and bought an 8800GTS
> 512MB for $220 after rebate.
>
> - Nate

I forgot to mention the 8800GTS 512MB and 9800GTX 512MB both have 128
pipelines.

- Nate