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Nvidia are breaking their own naming convention with that 9xxx brand. It's misleading to customers. This is not next-gen stuff.
He means they're breaking the obvious pattern they've set since the 6 Series.They dont have a naming convention.
He means they're breaking the obvious pattern they've set since the 6 Series.
We mean the usual cycle of...Do you mean naming of the cores or actual graphics support when it comes down to DirectX version (if thats what you mean by next gen)... either way there is no pattern at all.
Yup, the 9800GTX should be called the 8900GTX, nothing but a refresh. Pontless.I cant believe that the 9800 GTX would only be slightly better than the 8800 GTX, no sensible person would release such a product, I think it will be a bigger difference, not much but certainly bigger.
No, it should be taken with a pinch of salt, but it's all we have so we can speculate.You can't really judge the card based on the single benchmark in the OP's post surely !!!
We mean the usual cycle of...
#800 = Good
- Ultra = Best.
- GTX = Second best (as of 7 Series)
- GT = Still good, and cheap too
#900 = Refresh of #800 (as of 7 Series)
#600 = Mainstream
#Rest = Cack for gaming.
In the 7 Series we had the second digit of 9 to represent a refresh, and 7950 to represent a further refresh. The 9 Series really should be called 8900s as they're just that, refreshes of the 8 Series, but I guess they saw that AMD got away with calling the 2900 refresh '3800' and decided to follow suit.
The 8 Series made a lot of sense until the 8800GT and new GTS came about, it's all to pot now.
I cant believe that the 9800 GTX would only be slightly better than the 8800 GTX, no sensible person would release such a product, I think it will be a bigger difference, not much but certainly bigger.
You can't really judge the card based on the single benchmark in the OP's post surely !!!
Ah I know what you mean now, by "next-gen" I think he meant next family. As it's just a refresh.bfar's comment says "This is not next-gen stuff." thats why I thought he was talking about naming of "next gen" stuff. Not just whats the best etc etc.![]()
I would've also called the 9600GT an 8900GT.
You can't really judge the card based on the single benchmark in the OP's post surely !!!
Actually I just thought, I'd call it an 8800GS.I think 8700GT would be more appropriate since the 8800GT is still a fair bit faster than the 9600GT.
The 8 Series made a lot of sense until the 8800GT and new GTS came about, it's all to pot now.
Their whole naming convention lost any semblance of sense when they re-launched the 8800GTS, as we then had a situation where a new (albeit only a refresh) card had the same name as older parts.
8800GT/GTS should have been called the 8900GT/GTS IMO.