While there were whispers of the 8800GS in the background, it was never really one of those cards that got much attention. Everyone was too busy concentrating on the 8800GT and new 8800GTS 512MB card to really pay much attention to it.

ASUS are only one of two companies in Australia who have an 8800GS on the market here. The only other company who chose to take up the card and release it locally was XFX. The card seems to be a bit of a weird model and we’re not too sure where it will sit. The card should sit behind a 8800GT, but the 9600GT also sits just behind it. It’s possible that both cards perform quite similar and companies chose to uptake the 9 series model over the ageing 8800 series.