It has been recently reported that 8600 will in fact not feature a 256-bit bus but the traditional 128-bit that has been with us since 2001.
However both core clock and memory clocks have changed for both 8600GT and 8600ULtra.
This is sad news because it means despite the high 900MHz Memory clock for the 8600Ultra, memory bandwidth has almost halved from an impressive 44.8GB/sec to a paltry 28.8GB/sec. For the 8600GT it's even worse as the already lower 38.8GB/sec is now crawling at 22.4GB/sec.
This is a disaster IMO.
It means that the 8600 GT will be as fast as a 7600 GT.
This is not moving forward. I would have hoped that even the mid range D10 cards, with all their new and advanced technology, would be substantially more powerful than the last year or two's mid range.
It begs the question, will these cards be capable of running DX10 games at decent settings?
I wonder how well a 7600 GT will run Crysis? Because it is likely that this is about how well an 8600 GT will run it...
Very disapointing.....
However both core clock and memory clocks have changed for both 8600GT and 8600ULtra.
This is sad news because it means despite the high 900MHz Memory clock for the 8600Ultra, memory bandwidth has almost halved from an impressive 44.8GB/sec to a paltry 28.8GB/sec. For the 8600GT it's even worse as the already lower 38.8GB/sec is now crawling at 22.4GB/sec.
This is a disaster IMO.
It means that the 8600 GT will be as fast as a 7600 GT.
This is not moving forward. I would have hoped that even the mid range D10 cards, with all their new and advanced technology, would be substantially more powerful than the last year or two's mid range.
It begs the question, will these cards be capable of running DX10 games at decent settings?
I wonder how well a 7600 GT will run Crysis? Because it is likely that this is about how well an 8600 GT will run it...
Very disapointing.....
while everyone seemed to think it would be a mini beast 
