It seems that some people don't know which is which between the new GT and the new GTS which is no big surprise considering that nVidia is less than forthcoming about the issue. 

Reasonably speaking one can expect that the new 8800 GT will approach the current GTS 320 in many aspects and even outperform it in artificial benchmarks, but since the amount of stream processors is less relevant than bandwidth in most games currently on the market the GT's handicap in this regard may be more apparent than what thecurrent hype would lead one to believe.

Retail card benched here

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=541066&view=findpost&p=13789972

Besides... the leaked site is Chinese, not Taiwanese

I just know nvidia already has technology thats better than the 8800ULTRA but i just know theyre just holding that off till ATI releases its counter for the presently unbeatable Ultra! I just feel it! when ati finally comes up with something against the ultra theyre gonna cut it off quick readily prepared! that would really monopolize business for them and prices will SOAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yes you are screwed you will loose 2 fps in counter strike source now, oh teh pain life is cruel in this geekgame :(

well two of these puppies should be enuff to play minesweeper..hate to think id be losing valuble fps

considering this is a revised core that of course SHOULD be more effeicient than the old g80

I wonder why some people are surprised, 1 year later gpu's always get a 30-70% boost in one way or another.

I'm not surprised that it's faster than the older G80 core, I just don't know why they're calling it an 8800. 

Wouldn't it make more sense to call it the Geforce 8900? It's what they did the the Geforce 7900 series upon a refresh, is it not? I also don't understand why they're refreshing the 8800GTS and not making it an 8900GTS or something. 

It's going to be fun if I decide to do SLI and face issues making sure the 8800GTS I'm looking at has the right core.

Frankly, this all seems a little like BS. The 8800 GT is supposed to be below the GTS, the bottom rung of the 8800 series. The GTS is receiving a refresh, off of the same core as the GT, so therefore it should perform better than the GT after this is done. However, there is very little breathing room between the GT and the GTX according to the benchmarks as it is, so a refresh should put the GTS above the GTX! There does exist the possibility that the refreshed GTS will be faster than the current GTX, but if this is the case, we should see a new GTX coming out based off of the new core.
So either these benchmarks are fake, the 8800GT is terribly named, or both! Too me, it would make a lot more sense to call this the 8900 series, if all of this is true. It just seems silly and confusing to do otherwise.

feel screwed over with my 8800 GTS 640 SLi rig? plz tell me i am.