Nvidia renames 8800gs meet 9600GSO

http://en.expreview.com/2008/04/04/n...force-9600gso/
When GeForce 8800GS got launched, it is an unpopular product. NV’s Dev team tried hard to keep its performance when shrinking it from a 8800GT, but because the lack of propaganda (yes i mean the leak slide, screen shot and spy pic), mainstream market can not accept this product in a flash.

Today, The card’s performance and price are similar to 9600GT’s. (Related: G80 VS G92, med to high end GFX cards round-up). So NV is going to change the name of GeForce 8800GS to 9600GSO, in order to Classify the card into the GeForce 9 series. From it’s current price and the new name we can sure the card will market target will be a little lower than 9600GT.

Also, G92 will be reflashed with the 55nm processing in July. We can expect some new GeForce 9 cards will be launched with the new 55nm G92, which can lower the core temperature and rise the core clock.

hahahaha serves them right.... go to hell nvidia... that is until you show us some new stuff ... G200 maybe :D :ROTF: :rofl: :yepp: :up: :welcome:

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Originally Posted by hecktic

go to hell nvidia...

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and burn there till the end of time

Interesting find. Its like Ford...the "Five Hundred" name didnt sell to well so they brought the Taurus back!

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Originally Posted by hecktic

hahahaha serves them right.... go to hell nvidia... that is until you show us some new stuff ... G200 maybe :D :ROTF: :rofl: :yepp: :up: :welcome:

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Originally Posted by xoqolatl

and burn there till the end of time

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:shrug:

But, as a 9600GSO it should be cheapper, shouldnt ?

I await the GTXO and UltraO :D

taking the piss now nvidia

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Originally Posted by LuckyNV

I await the GTXO and UltraO :D

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What about the GX2O? :rofl:

Really getting tired of nvidias crap now.

rumor has it that NVIDIA is also going to rename the


8800GTX (ultra) the 9750GTR (ultra)

how about the NV9680X2GTFO

why do they have to be such silly names , there should be a 1 a 5 and a 10
1 being useless 5 be mid and 10 being insane.

I Want 9900OMFG

8800GS = G80 and not G92?

It's G92 AFAIK, but cut down to 96 SPs like 8800GTS

Thats amazing. nVidia are changing the names of products already released?

Well thats great- now that logic barrier has been broken, if they wanted they could:

DECIDE ON A SANE, MEANINGFUL NAMING SCHEME AND ****ING STICK TO IT!

In years to come, when people ask "whats in a name?," there will be new answers based on this debacle.

I'd like to buy the 9900STFU

I want the 9950 BigO

in lovely memories of the days when graphics cards had names like "geforce3 ti 200", "geforce3", "geforce3 ti 500".

i really hope nvidia will revamp their naming scheme with their next generation - as this generation will break the 10.000 barrier and i really doubt that they'll stick to their naming scheme then.

just imagine the overclocked editions: geforce 10.800gx2omfg superclocked xxx silencer UBER edition

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Originally Posted by Warship

I'd like to buy the 9900STFU

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And the "9900STFU You Got Mugged" for the none-enthusiast users.

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Originally Posted by K404

Thats amazing. nVidia are changing the names of products already released?

Well thats great- now that logic barrier has been broken, if they wanted they could:

DECIDE ON A SANE, MEANINGFUL NAMING SCHEME AND ****ING STICK TO IT!

In years to come, when people ask "whats in a name?," there will be new answers based on this debacle.

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My thoughts exactly.

I'm also fairly certain nVidia lives to confuse the sh*t out of the their non-enthusiast buyers.

I want the 9999BoomMarketShareHeadShot when it comes out. Should be pretty soon now. :)

Have you guys ever considered the opportunity that nVidia is just messing with you all? That they thrive from reading people's rants, and that as a the current leader in the performance GFX market, they can do whatever they want? :D

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Originally Posted by RaZz!

just imagine the overclocked editions: geforce 10.800gx2omfg superclocked xxx silencer UBER edition

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is that by xfx :rofl:

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Originally Posted by Origin_Unknown

is that by xfx :rofl:

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Oh nice one :ROTF:

expect nothing from nvidia

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Originally Posted by Big SturL

Have you guys ever considered the opportunity that nVidia is just messing with you all? That they thrive from reading people's rants, and that as a the current leader in the performance GFX market, they can do whatever they want? :D

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That might be true. They can more or less do what they want.

Unfortunately for them, so can we- and maybe what we want to do is buy ATI GPUs now because its easier to understand the ranking.....

Also- while they might have the performance crown, the % lead they have in FPS is not proportional to the % difference in price....

Next up: 10000CHUCKNORRIS Edition.

they didnt even go through the motions of putting a new video processor and opengl version on it? i thought that was what defined the 9 series?

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Originally Posted by K404

Also- while they might have the performance crown, the % lead they have in FPS is not proportional to the % difference in price....

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:rofl:

It isnt for some parts **cough** Ultra **cough** but how can you deny the 8800gt and 9600gt's price /performance over say 3870 or 3850?

Aye, that comparison is a good one. (and true)

IMHO, I think that success is overshadowed by the GX2 Vs X2.

The sad part is we get all this BS from Nvidia and AMD still can't get their sorry a$$es to catch up. :down:

at this rate nvidia have even turned their fanboys off them

anyways.....I want a GeForce X1050

The George W. Bush Collector's edition XFX WMD 9950GX2 Ultra 8GB DDR4.

8GB in memory of GWB's term length.

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Originally Posted by K404

That might be true. They can more or less do what they want.

Unfortunately for them, so can we- and maybe what we want to do is buy ATI GPUs now because its easier to understand the ranking.....

Also- while they might have the performance crown, the % lead they have in FPS is not proportional to the % difference in price....

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It was supposed to be ironic, but I reckon you picked up on that :)

I'm not fully updated on the prices in America, but here in Norway, the price of bying nVidia over ATI is fully justified by the FPS-boost. The cheapest HD3870 is 1250kr, while the cheapest 8800GT 512MB is 1350kr (9600GT is almost cheaper than both HD 3850 and HD 3870).

i feel sorry for the poor peeps who buy this pile of crap !!

WTF??
Nvidia have lost there way . let hope Jesus can save them.

9900OMGWTFBBQ

"G92 will be reflashed with the 55nm"

BIOSs are flashed, ICs are refreshed.

It still isn't a bad budget card, even though i'd still opt for the 9600gt if i were in the price range.

people will still buy it

they will put this in a HP or Dell desktop at best buy and say this "Own a new Quad core computer with a BRAND NEW 9 SERIES GRAPHIC CARD FROM NVIDIA"

Im still a nvidia fan boy...but the names have to go

im sure we will see the 9800GTO, and i think they will make revision of the 9800gtx and call it the same thing, but make it twice as good :/

GSO = Gone Super Obsolete

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Originally Posted by Omastar

I want the 9999BoomMarketShareHeadShot when it comes out. Should be pretty soon now. :)

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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha :rofl: I laughed a mouthful of tea all over my desk :shakes:

Surely this conclusively proves that the only difference between the 8 series and the 9 series... Is the name....

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Originally Posted by irev210

rumor has it that NVIDIA is also going to rename the


8800GTX (ultra) the 9750GTR (ultra)

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:shrug: i thought they stopped stamping g80 like 7 months ago?

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Originally Posted by NotFred

Surely this conclusively proves that the only difference between the 8 series and the 9 series... Is the name....

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Precisely!
Hope my 8800GT doesn't get renamed to a 9800GS or something.

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Originally Posted by gallardo

Precisely!
Hope my 8800GT doesn't get renamed to a 9800GS or something.

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nah... that would be too simple, 9775 xXx KO GTO Superclocked OMGWTF cooled by Thermalcrap WC 128bit 16 GB DDR5 Edition would be more like it.

anyone looked at the inno3d graphicscards retail boxes? they dont even print the full product name on it anymore, they just write 8800 Series somewhere and then add a sticker to it cause nvidia changes chip names so often.

NVidia has really lost all innovation. Very sad...

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Originally Posted by NetburstXE

NVidia has really lost all innovation. Very sad...

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I disagree! Lately nVidia are very innovate with the products renaming.

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Originally Posted by KiDMaioRKz

expect nothing from nvidia

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I expect them to change their name into Renamedia.

so... what the diference in all these cards again... cause i'm lookin for two 9950WTFX4 to run in octSLI... or should i just stick with the good ol' 8899GTWTF Market Share Mainia edition?

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Originally Posted by gOJDO

I disagree! Lately nVidia are very innovate with the products renaming.

I expect them to change their name into Renamedia.

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:rofl: Very innovate :ROTF:

This is really :banana::banana::banana::banana:ty. They could have cut the price on that card and maybe people would have bought them. But there is no reason in the world to just rename the card just to sell more. I think that a good argument for false advertising could be made in a court of law regarding this...

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Originally Posted by gOJDO

I disagree! Lately nVidia are very innovate with the products renaming.

I expect them to change their name into Renamedia.

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:rofl:

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Originally Posted by BullGod

This is really :banana::banana::banana::banana:ty. They could have cut the price on that card and maybe people would have bought them. But there is no reason in the world to just rename the card just to sell more. I think that a good argument for false advertising could be made in a court of law regarding this...

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Sadly I suspect that the PCB revision makes it ok. Like... this years model of the Ford Mondeo or Vauxhall Astra- same **** with a few tweaks and a new price tag.

I wonder if two SLI connectors were left off the 8800GTS 512MB deliberately to help make a "new" card more appealing to the con(ned)sumer ;)

I dont think nVidia cares about anyones little comments, such as the ones you guys are making, they are still king, it doesnt matter what they name their cards, if you want bad performance with AA/AF go ahead and buy ATi, and you can have a mid ranged card, if you want high end, nVidia is king and they sell, $300 for a 9800GTX is made to be put into tri SLi, thats why its so cheap, it was made to replace the 8800gts also bring triple sli.

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Originally Posted by GAR

I dont think nVidia cares about anyones little comments, such as the ones you guys are making, they are still king, it doesnt matter what they name their cards, if you want bad performance with AA/AF go ahead and buy ATi, and you can have a mid ranged card, if you want high end, nVidia is king and they sell, $300 for a 9800GTX is made to be put into tri SLi, thats why its so cheap, it was made to replace the 8800gts also bring triple sli.

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If you really are that girl on the pic. I agree.
If you are not, i disagree.

Seriously, the naming of the Nvidia cards is just sad.
I'll be waiting for the RV770 or de GT200 :)

Sounds to me like nvidia are trying to cover up that GT200 (or whatever is next) has turned out to be a poor chip. No?

Lol i just got myself a 8800gs for my second pc..
Should have waited, then i would have got a 9600GSO.. :D

the O in GSO stands for "old" :lol:

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Originally Posted by Yori1989

If you really are that girl on the pic. I agree.
If you are not, i disagree.

Seriously, the naming of the Nvidia cards is just sad.
I'll be waiting for the RV770 or de GT200 :)

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You are aware that both ATI/AMD & nVidia (hell even Intel) have a long history of renaming old technology to get better sales or keep it going longer.

renaming old hardware is not the problem... its 50 different itterations of the same old hardware thats annoying...

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Also, G92 will be reflashed with the 55nm processing in July. We can expect some new GeForce 9 cards will be launched with the new 55nm G92, which can lower the core temperature and rise the core clock.

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http://en.expreview.com/2008/04/04/n...force-9600gso/

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The soon-to arrive GeForce 9600 GSO will be a direct competitor to AMD's unreleased
Radeon HD 3830 graphics card and is alleged to fill the gap between the already existing 9600 GT and the upcoming 9600 GS.

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http://news.softpedia.com/news/First...Up-84384.shtml

believe me when i say that consumers luv the illusion of choice....apparently:wasntme: