Understand the nVidia/ATI Card-Naming Sequence?

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Dario D.

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Simple question, I think: Do you understand the nVidia/ATI Card-Naming Sequence?

In other words, when a new series of video cards comes out from either company, do you instantly have a good idea how they relate to the previous generation's cards, how fast they should be in relation to each other, etc, just by looking at the card numbers (such as 6200, 8800, etc)?
 
Heh, actually, slight correction:

GT is (slightly) faster than GTS, and Ultra is the fastest. :)
(referring to nVidia 8 series cards)

And yeah, the mere existence of LE is an embarrassment to mankind (I wouldn't tell an alien race that I'm even the same species as whatever marketing low-lifes came up with that LE scam). It fools sooo many people that I know into thinking they're getting a fast card, just because it has the same card-number as a fast card. I'm pretty sure LE stands for Lame Edition. :(
 
The 8800 GTS is still faster than the 8800 GT. ;) The 320 MB and 640 MB versions of the GTS have been canceled, leaving only the 512 MB version, which is indeed faster than the 8800 GT.

As for the numbers, you can only compare within the same generation. An 8400 GS is going to be slower than a 7950 GT, but an 8600 GTS is much faster than said 8400 GS. Ditto on the AMD/ATi side; a 2900XT and a 3870 are around the same speed (but the 3870 is much cooler and quieter), but a 3850 is slower than a 3850.
 
Hmm, you're right.

The benchmarks I read showed the older (and slightly slower, I guess) GTS, and didn't include the new 512mb 8800 GTS you mentioned, which is indeed faster according to this benchmark. [here]

One must be aware of that when buying, however, because the old 8800 GTS' are still being sold everywhere.
 
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