Various reports regarding the most minute attributes of Nvidia's upcoming
GeForce 8800 GT graphics cards have been appearing on rumor sites by the
truckload lately. Based on those reports, we know 8800 GTs have a single-slot
cooler, a 65nm graphics processor dubbed G92, and that they're expected to
launch on October 29 in the $199-249 range.
TheInquirer reports that Nvidia has recently put out an urgent request to
chassis makers to send in their cases for thermal analysis which is assumed to
test G92 in various configurations. According to Inquirer the OEM partners were
also told to send over their systems for thermal analysis as soon as possible.
The 17x17mm die size of 65nm G92 seems pretty manageable on the thermal aspect
but it might be an issue if it is on a single slot form factor.
In related news,
Fudzilla has word that Nvidia will retire the GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB once
the 8800 GTs launch. The 8800 GTS 320MB should be replaced by an 8800 GT with
512MB of memory, the site says.
