At least five more G80-based graphics chips are on their way from Nvidia, if entries in the latest driver package to leak out of the GPU maker's labs is anything to go by.
According to an NGOHQ report, one of the files inside the ForceWare 96.94 package refers directly to the G80-200, G80-400, G80-600, G80-850 and G80-875, each with a unique ID code
Online reports have pointed to a single G80-based board on Nvidia' near-term roadmaps: an unnamed (for now) board due to ship in February 2007.
ForceWare 96.94 supports the new GPU and was provided by Nvidia to hardware reviewers as an alternative to the 96.89 drivers that are included in boxed GeForce 8800 GTX and 8800 GTS boards.
News source: The Reg Hardware
According to an NGOHQ report, one of the files inside the ForceWare 96.94 package refers directly to the G80-200, G80-400, G80-600, G80-850 and G80-875, each with a unique ID code
Online reports have pointed to a single G80-based board on Nvidia' near-term roadmaps: an unnamed (for now) board due to ship in February 2007.
ForceWare 96.94 supports the new GPU and was provided by Nvidia to hardware reviewers as an alternative to the 96.89 drivers that are included in boxed GeForce 8800 GTX and 8800 GTS boards.
News source: The Reg Hardware
The only thing that I could see is lower efficiency, in terms of power consumption and performance due to all of the extra redundancy that would be needed to make it work.
which i believe the x800 xt is faster than the x800 gto ...so i'd say it is slightly faster
this is all off the top of my head without double checking and/or researching so please correct me if im wrong
Plus $199 for Vista Home Premium or much more for ultimate. That is if you actually want to use those DX10 features. Not that there will be any games that use DX10 until this summer.
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