Overclocked XFX & Foxconn GeForce 8800 GTX/GTS Review

Preceding the launch of the GeForce 8800 series, NVIDIA was having great trouble with “hard launching” its products. For many of its new graphics products the company simply ended up with humble “paper launches”—a launch in which there is no actual hardware available for sale. A number of factors contributed to these troubled launches. NVIDIA might have been facing manufacturing and fabrication problems, translating to a limited of supply of hardware for manufacturers. Manufacturers might have also received actual working samples just a few days in advance of the launch, meaning they weren’t able to get a product out in time.

Whatever the reason behind the paper launches, NVIDIA placed a lot of hard work into making sure its GeForce 8800 launch didn’t suffer from the same problems. This time around, manufacturers received working product samples weeks in advance of the actual product launch. These extra few weeks provided ample time for manufacturers to assemble the cards and create a large stock, effectively taking them out of a position in which they would be rushing up to the last minute to get a finished product out the door. The 8800 launch also focused on having products shipped to retailers in large quantities before the actual launch. This move meant that consumers were able to purchase cards immediately on launch day. For the GeForce 8800, NVIDIA had a total of 15 retailers, online and offline, which were launch partners.

Just my quick comment is that this article is great! It directly compares Nvidia 7900GTX in SLI, 8800GTS/X SLI and also Ati's Crossfire. And you can clearly see from benchmarks who is the winner. More