Several of NVIDIA’s partners have already launched the new version of GeForce 8800 GTS with the additional 16 shader processors of the G80 core activated. With 112 shader processors, the same as GeForce 8800 GT, NVIDIA’s GTS 640 MB model sports enough shading power and overall better performance to close the gap to 8800 GT. The updated G80 core of 8800 GTS 640MB is more or less a temporary solution as a G92-based version will become available very soon. Over at Expreview they’ve posted both date and price of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS based on G92.
The card will boost 512MB or 1GB memory and use the same 256-bit memory bus as 8800 GT. The launch date is December 3rd, not even a month from now, and will cost 300 USD (512 MB).
