Graphic Cards NVIDIA Partners Quietly Rollout Retail GeForce 8400GS

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NVIDIA takes on the entry-level DirectX10 market with a sub-$100 retail graphics card
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Graphic card manufacturers silently launched retail GeForce 8400GS-based add-in boards this week. The GeForce 8400GS is NVIDIA’s newest retail entry-level offering, slotting below the GeForce 8500GT. NVIDIA previously released the GeForce 8400GS a couple months ago to OEMs only.

The retail GeForce 8400GS arrives ready to take on AMD’s upcoming ATI Radeon HD 2400-series. The entry-level offering introduces DirectX and shader model 4.0 to a sub-$100 price point. NVIDIA also packs the GeForce 8400GS with PureVideo HD for hardware accelerated video decoding, which accelerates decoding of H.264, VC-1 and MPEG2 high-definition video formats.

GeForce 8400GS-based cards feature 16 stream processors clocked at 900 MHz with a 450MHz core clock – similar to the GeForce 8500GT. NVIDIA pairs the GeForce 8400GS with 256MB of 400 MHz, 800 MHz effectively, DDR2 memory as with the GeForce 8500GT. However, NVIDIA has castrated the memory interface, leaving the GeForce 8400GS with a 64-bit interface instead of the 128-bit interface found on the 8500GT.

Expect GeForce 8400GS-based cards to start popping up in retail within the coming weeks. A quick search reveals MWAVE is the only retailer with a GeForce 8400GS in stock for $70.

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Well that would turn out to be around 4000-4500 in India when it arrives i guess seeing the current approx 1.5 x US price conversion.

 

[Supra]

^^ lol its not 1.5x for lowe end cards which sell well.

The 8500GT MSRP is 100$ , sells for arnd 5k in India.

The 8400Gs will launch at at slightly below 4k mark here

 

[PhOeNiX]

well yeah.......watever......but this card might replace the 6200s and the 6200s might take the 5x00s position in the near future......