Video card on base of g98 chip will replace the GeForce 8400 GS, and at the same time propose the support of PCI express 2.0 interface in the budgetary segment. Furthermore, passage on 65 nm technical process will allow NVIDIA to decrease the production price - it is assumed that the cost of video card on base of g98 chip will begin from $59.
Associate reported that video card on base of chip g98 will also get the name geForce 8400 GS. The Version with 256 mb GDDR-2 memory will have TDP not more than 30 W. Majority of video card using the updated series geForce 8400 GS will have low-profile execution, which is usual for the 64- bit memory system bus .
The g98 chip will have 16 shader processors, video card frequency will be 450/800 MHz. The support of decoding VC-1 on the hardware level and HDMI will allow to draw the attention of qualitative video amateurs , which do not desire to overpay for excess performance.
The deliveries of 65 nm models geForce 8400 GS began on 17 October, to 7 November will be finished the drivers support. In sale these video card will appear in the present year; however, this event will not be accompanied by noisy announcement.