Fudzilla
reports that Geforce 8800GT comes in five possible variants and each variant
has its 512MB and 256MB version. The first card has reference design with 600MHz
core and 1800MHz memory clock. The 256MB version of this card will have the
memory working at 1400MHz. The second card has reference design + SPOC (Shader
Processor Overclocking) and it works with the same clocks as the reference but
with faster Shader. It was not specified what should be the Shader speed but
this is up to AIB's.
The third card is called Cost down $14 +SPOC where the Shaders are still
overclocked, the GPU and memory are the same but they all can be overclocked.
This is an 8 layer PCB board. The fourth SKU is the scary one, it is called Cost
Down more than $14 +SPOC and this card comes with 6 layer PCB and 256MHz memory
at 1400MHz only. This is certainly the cheapest card from this generation.
The last card is simply called Native HDMI and it comes as the 512MB or 256MHz
part.
TheInquirer reports about 50K GeForce 8800 GT cards available for sale on the
launch day on Oct 29th. However, only 512MB versions will be available at
US$249 and 256MB versions at a later stage at US$199.
VR-Zone learned that the first wave of reference cards will be made by
Foxconn and the subsequently Flextronics. The AIC partners are working hard on
designing the 256MB and 512MB cards themselves and we should be seeing different
designs and coolers later next month. Also performance will vary pretty much
between each makers too due to different PCB designs, memories, coolers,
core/mem clock as well as shader clocks. The 8800 GT cards will be hitting the
distributors and retailers worldwide by later this week.