Nvidia To Launch G98 Early,Than Expected

Nvidia will launch its new G98 GPU in early December according to the sources at Taiwan-based graphics card makers,Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) ,Digitimes report.

This new 65nm-made G98 was set for launch in January 2008, a time-frame that is close to the launch schedule of rival AMD's RV620, but thanks to the large sales of G80 and growing attention for the G92, Nvidia is preparing to launch the G98 sooner than originally planned, the sources said.

The official name for G98 will be the GeForce 8400GS, the sources revealed.