NVIDIA has a rather interesting way of doing business. They usually do not throw the one-two punch that Intel
[COLOR=#006600! important]l[/COLOR] does with their processor line-up; rather, NVIDIA generally releases some good products followed up by some mediocre (occasionally bad) ones. Look at the history of NVIDIA and we can all remember the GeForce 5800 dust buster that was quickly rectified by the subsequent release of the GeForce 6 series. Despite the fact that NVIDIA is enjoying the performance crown at the moment with the 9800GX2 and has a good mainstream market share with the 8800GT/GTS, and a budget card contender with the 9600GT, they seem to leave a gap in between. This is what prompted NVIDIA to release the 9800GTX on April 1, 2008 to fill the gap. Although the 9800GTX is priced close to $400, its performance gain over the 8800GT/GTS makes it hard to recommend. Maybe this is NVIDIA’s “April Fool’s” joke to everyone who has bought the card.
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Review: Bjorn3D
May 5, 2008, 04:58 PM
