Just when you'd think that the GeForce 8 series has done its part and i getting ready to slowly exit the stage and leave it for the 9th generation a new G92, GeForce 8800 card is now rumored to be in the works at Nvidia HQ. Initially called GeForce 8700 the upcoming card would be named GeForce 8800 GS upon release early next year and will be aimed at the OEM market although some manufacturers are planning to release these cards through the retail chain.

The 8800 GS name has already appeared this past Spring in the ForceWare 158.19 driver but it is only 2008 when we'll actually get to see such cards. Powered by the 65nm-constructed G92 chip the 8800 GS is said to have a 192-bit memory interface, 384 MB of GDDR3 memory, PCI-Express 2.0 certification and frequencies set to 575, 1438 and 1700 MHz for the GPU, shaders (all 96 of them) and memory.

Furthermore, the card has even sparked a few test pictures and the scores returned by it, on an Intel Q6000 @ 2995 MHz system were of 16661 in Futuremark's 3DMark05 and of 9540 in 3DMark06. The GeForce 8800 GS' suggested price tag hovers between $149 and $179. Now we just need to see the real thing.