GeForce 8800GS card had its premiere about two months ago. It was quickly apparent that offer good performance to price ratio – allowed to run virtually all the latest games (with the exception of Crysis), and cost roughly 500 gold. Sales of new cards do not zdążyła But rozkręcić good, because on the horizon appeared GeForce 9600GT, offered in a similar price, and have more memory (512MB vs. 384MB) and an average of about 5-10% faster. In this case, the firm fell GeForce 8800GS.

What then decided to do this situation NVIDIA? Use a similar trick, as with most other papers in the series “9″ – an old issue in the new chip socket. In this way 8800GS will change its name to 9600GSO – in addition to the card but will not in any way different, but it is an opportunity that will be raised them strong. In this way, that will 9600GSO belonged to the most recent series, should increase interest in it, which translate into a drop in prices is likely to neighborhoods 450 gold.