Saturday, April 5th 2008
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Rebranded to 9600 GSO
NVIDIA's lack of marketing for the 8800 GS meant that it didn't really catch on particularly well when it was first launched. However, the company is now planning to try and rectify this by rebranding it as the GeForce 9600 GSO according to Expreview. Assuming the current price remains more or less the same, this card should sell for a little below the 9600 GT and offers similar performance levels.
Source:
Expreview
84 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Rebranded to 9600 GSO
I just made this in photoshop...
- Christine
vs
1600 to 1650
they didnt change everything like nvidia, ATI just added the XX5X
-Indybird
Bigger number, it's better.
I laughed and left, never returned (just like everybody else)
X1600 used the RV530 GPU
X1650 used the RV535 GPU
real differences in GPU alone: difference in manufacturing process (90nm vs 80nm)
IIRC, the 1650s were also clocked slightly higher.
I'm not saying ATI isn't guilty of rebranding as well, they've done it quite a few times over the years - but they at least make some small changes to improve the card over the previous model.
On the other hand Nvidia has just rebadged a GPU soley to make it sell better. That isn't really being honest, a lot of people base their descisions off product names-and its pretty stupid most of the time when they find out that they screwed themselves over.
9800GTX is a good example, why do you want a 8800GTS 512MB that costs more, runs louder (thanks to the cheap cooler), is longer, and uses more power as well as throwing in a few more uneeded features that only a person trying to chuck a world record would need???? Its similar to this. But do the consumer care? They only care how the card looks like and what its named. They THINK its a MUCH better card-when its nowhere near that.
I don't think this card will sell too well, REGARDLESS of name. Its performance is really meh-ish and the pricing of it isnt too well compared to the easily recommendable alternatives. You got the HD38xx from the AMD camp, and the 9600GT/8800GT as well.
Cheers
Gam
This world is full of lies anyway. Most people lie to win.