Nvidia GT200-successor on 22th October?

[RAW-Raptor22]

Huh? How is this possible? The GTX 260 is higher in every aspect over the 8800 Ultra. More rops, memory, faster memory, faster memory bus, more shaders etc. I went from an 8800 Ultra overclocked to a GTX 260 and the difference is noticeable.

Take a look at the THG review: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...0,1953-18.html

The GTX260 is never more than 5FPS or so ahead of the 8800Ultra...

5FPS? Thats like an overclock, gimme a break nVidia...

[cantankerous]

Take a look at the THG review: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...0,1953-18.html

The GTX260 is never more than 5FPS or so ahead of the 8800Ultra...

5FPS? Thats like an overclock, gimme a break nVidia...

I can see where you are getting those numbers, however, that is ONE site out of many. Toms is nothing to hold a candle too in terms of their findings during tests. The 5fps is WORST case scenario as well, on 30" monitors which next to no one uses. You start going down to 1920 and less and suddenly that number turns into 8+ fps. Still not a lot either I know, but it is faster none the less, and the GTX 260 is less than half the money the 8800 Ultra was this time last year. These results are also ONLY showing in Crysis which we know is a pain in the rear to get decent scores from anyways. Any other game shows quite a sizable increase in performance. What I have noticed going from my 8800 Ultra to the GTX 260, is the 'smoothness' of the gameplay. Bench scores may not be that much higher (although they still are across the board), but gameplay certainly has a much smoother feel on the new card over the old card. If you are into overclocking, the GTX 260 clocks better than the 8800 Ultra ever would for even great performance. It also runs cooler and consumes less power to boot.