Saturday, July 5th 2008
NVIDIA Prepares GeForce 9500, up to 3 times Faster than 8500 GT
NVIDIA is preparing an addition to its GeForce 9 series, the GeForce 9500, slated for a July 29, 2008 launch. This product is positioned at an entry-mid range level, consists of two variants, the GeForce 9500 GDDR3, and a DDR2 model. Early tests prove this graphics processor (GPU) to be close to three times faster than the previous-generation 8500 GT. Unlike the reference 8500, this GPU supports 2-way SLI.
The nomenclature isn't certain yet. While the GDDR3 variant could be named 9500 GT, it remains to be seen what the DDR2 variant would be named. Provided, are images (in order) of the DDR2 and GDDR3 variants, followed by the specifications sheet.
With inputs from Hardspell, Images courtesy Tom's Hardware
The nomenclature isn't certain yet. While the GDDR3 variant could be named 9500 GT, it remains to be seen what the DDR2 variant would be named. Provided, are images (in order) of the DDR2 and GDDR3 variants, followed by the specifications sheet.
18 Comments on NVIDIA Prepares GeForce 9500, up to 3 times Faster than 8500 GT
it also has a nifty feature according to expreview that underclocks the GPU to save energy in Idle.
so wait, if this is suppose to be three times better than the 8500, than it would place it above the current 9600 correct????
I do know that eVGA's flavor of the 8500GT did/does.
The 8500GT relative performance is only 22% of the 9600GT, three times that only puts it at 66%. The 9500GT will probably be just a little better than the 8600GTS.
it needs a nice passive heatsink from Asus though :)
- Christine