Current reports from the web are claiming that we will see a similar move from Nvidia like we already saw with ATI and it's HD3800 series.
That is saying that they will rebrand the 8800GTS as the 9800GTX and the 8800GT as the 9800GT. What is unknown is if they will beef up the clocks and memory size compared to the 8800 series. This stems from the expected hardware capabilities of the 9800GX2, that doesn't allow them to place the G100 as the 9800GTX even if they could deliver it in time for the supposed launch date for these cards.
Conveniently, from a marketing viewpoint, they also place some extra motivation for unaware buyers, since they now have also something "new" from Nvidia, that competes more favorably with AMD/ATI. They have recently launched the HD3800 series of cards, which are, performance-wise, no more than softly tweaked HD2900s with DX10.1 and PCIe 2.0; the G92 chip doesn't even pack the DX10.1 capabilities though.
Expected availability is February or March for the 9800GTX and March or April for the 9800GT. The 9600GT will come in the previously disclosed date of February 14th and will fit between the 8600GTS and 8800GT in performance and price.
The 9800GX2 is expected to arrive by the same time the 9800GTX does.
Tags: Nvidia GeForce 9800GTX 9800GT 9600GT 9800GX2 G92 G96
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